Austin - 35 days of confidence: find your voice, fulfill your dreams and focus your inner power

There are few things in this world that you can NEVER have enough of.

Love, friendship, good wine, laughter...

And confidence.

Im going to reveal something to you right now: Confidence is the key to ALL success in life.

Regardless of what you want to do, who you want to become, and what your hopes and dreams are, confidence WILL help you achieve it. Because true confidence comes from knowing exactly who you are, and what you want in life, and then fiercely pursuing it.

Youre probably heard the phrase, Whether you think you can, or you think you cant, youre right. The key word here is think.

Everything we do, everything we feel, everything we think starts in the same place: our mind. And this is where confidence is created and nurtured as well: within our minds. The mind is the origin point of confidence.

And heres another secret:

You have every reason in the world to be completely, 100% confident in who you are at this very moment.

If you believe that already great! This book will serve as an excellent exercise in affirmation for you.

And if you dont dont worry. We will get you there. Its all a matter of learning. Like riding a bike or teaching yourself a new language, confidence is a learned skill.

You see, I have been fascinated by the science of human communication and connection for years. Ive put in hundreds of hours of study on the topics of communication, performance, productivity, leadership, ambition, and more. I am a voracious consumer of information, and pride myself on being pretty darn good at sharing that information with others in an easily understood and memorable way. My specialty, as a friend of mine once beautifully articulated, is creating clarity from chaos.

But Im NO EXPERT. I cant state that enough. Im a person, just like you, whos doing their best to live a happy, fulfilled, confident life.

However, I do have a secret skill that I have come to realize it is my duty to share I have killer confidence . And I can attribute my confidence to three key aspects of my life: my upbringing, my life as a performer, and my work as a communications professional.

I was fortunate enough to grow up with incredible love and support from my family, specifically my mom. From the day I was born, she has been my number one fan and life advocate. And I am convinced that is 100% because of her and the way she raised me that I have even an iota of the confidence I have as an adult. My mom raised me with the undying, unwavering belief and affirmation that I could do anything I could put my mind to. She told me enough times in my child and young adult life that it became very easy to believe: I can do anything. If I put my mind to it, and I really try (thats the key there has to be effort), I can do anything.

It was in a large part due to my mom that I achieved my second confidence aspect: performing. I started dancing at a very young age, which forced me to become very comfortable in the spotlight (and even learn to love it!) Years later, as a performer, Ive sang, danced, and acted on stage, gone on hundreds of auditions, completed thousands of performances for audiences small and large (up to 106,000 people, actually!)

And finally, as a communications professional, Ive given hundreds of business presentations and had to speak to groups of colleagues much more senior than myself. Ive even participated in public speaking competitions. Ive also worked one-on-one with coworkers and direct reports to help them craft their ideal professional path, and improve their confidence along the way.

I began this book not as a book at all, but as a personal exercise to help me document the practices that help me feel my most confident self. Similar to reading a self-help book, I had found that writing out my own self-help was cathartic and action-driving on its own. So, I kept writing, and writing and well here we are.

My goal for you in reading this book is to become truly confident and happy in who you are right NOW, and arm you with the tools you need to obtain everything you want out of life (and then some).

Over the course of this book, were going to go through the five core pillars that provide the foundations for a confident life. Ive created and lead hundreds of action exercises around the topic of confidence, and these five pillars are the foundational elements that I keep coming back to again and again.

They are:

1. Self-Discovery

2. Positive Mental Attitude

3. Self-Improvement

4. The Physical Body

5. Taking Action

These pillars are ordered in such a way that we will build on them, day-by-day, week-by-week, from the inside outall with the goal of helping you not only increase your self-confidence, but make it a habit in your daily life.

By the end of these 35 days, confidence will just be something that you do. You will be armed with daily rituals and practices to keep it at the forefront of your personality and every day actions. Some of the chapters are short, and some of the chapters are long, but the end goal is the same: to help you find your voice, fulfill your dreams and focus your inner power, so that you can create your most confident, authentic, ideal life.