Monthly episodes discussing this topic, 2019-02 to 2026-03.
Positions people took on this topic in transcripts, grouped by school of thought. Within a camp, people with demonstrated expertise on the topic come first, then those who reached the most listeners on it. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
Self-confidence is primarily generated through taking action, proving competence, and keeping personal promises to oneself.
8 people · 7 episodes
Confidence is built through the act of trying and proving to oneself that they are capable of doing things.
“It's in the trying that you prove to yourself that you're capable of doing things. That's what builds confidence.”
Mel Robbins · Aug 2025 · 13 episodes · 7.7M views on this topicConfidence is defined not as a constant state of self-assurance, but as the willingness to try new things and persevere.
“My definition of confidence is the willingness to try.”
Mel Robbins · Aug 2025 · 1 episode · 541K views on this topicConfidence is a byproduct of action and competence, not a prerequisite for starting an endeavor.
“The confidence part will come over time. It will come with action, it will come with repetition, it will come with gaining competence. And so if we have radical confidence, which to me means you don't allow your negative mindset, the voice in your head that's saying, you're not worthy, you're not go”
Rich Roll · Jun 2022 · 1 episode · 62K views on this topicBuilding self-confidence is an iterative process of stepping outside of one's comfort zone to create evidence of personal competence.
“it's like self-perception Theory right if you see yourself doing it you you become it yeah and that's just a reflection on the areas in my life where I was like very low confidence and how I got from that place to being higher confidence came from straying outside of my comfort zone”
The Diary of a CEO · Aug 2023 · 5 episodes · 8.8M views on this topicConfidence is not an innate gift but a collection of behaviors that can be practiced and mastered by anyone.
“You have this ability to become confident in every single area of your life. It's about us just learning a new series of behaviors.”
The Diary of a CEO · Mar 2025 · 1 episode · 4.0M views on this topicTrue confidence is fostered by accepting one's flaws and authentic self rather than attempting to perform or fix perceived imperfections.
3 people · 3 episodes
True confidence regarding one's skin stems from fostering a healthy, non-judgmental relationship with oneself rather than trying to fix perceived flaws.
“Your confidence is not going to come from changing your skin first. It's going to come by changing your relationship to your skin first.”
Mel Robbins · Feb 2026 · 1 episode · 1.7M views on this topicTrue self-confidence involves accepting one's personal faults and capabilities rather than trying to perform a specific persona.
“confidence and self-confidence comes from an understanding of yourself and being accepting of who you are as a person for your your faults and your whatever the opposite of faults is what is the word strengths”
Distractible Podcast · Apr 2022 · 1 episode · 382K views on this topicTrue self-love involves acknowledging and learning from one's flaws rather than solely focusing on positive attributes.
“true self love is kind of going through the ugly stuff too and being like I kind of with that too and it's okay. It's okay that I'm that way cuz I can learn and grow from that part of me.”
Million Dollaz Worth of Game · Sep 2025 · 1 episode · 59K views on this topicPositions are extracted from transcripts by a model and may misattribute who said what. Every quote links to the episode it came from.
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