Let's Talk About Confidence

About Let's Talk About Confidence

Let's Talk About Confidence examines the one capability that determines whether you'll attempt what matters most—and whether you'll persist when it gets hard. Not a personality trait. Not positive thinking. A learnable behaviour built through repetition, pressure, and consequence. Confidence isn't something you're born with—it's something you build through boring repetition, sustained pressure, and real-world consequences. Hosted by John M Walsh, this podcast explores how actual confidence develops in adults who've been tested. From founders who've rebuilt after failure, to leaders managing high-stakes decisions, to professionals who've had to perform without feeling ready. These aren't motivational stories. They're honest conversations about: How confidence is built (the unglamorous truth) How it's lost (and what that reveals) How it's rebuilt (often stronger than before) How it shows up in high-pressure situations Each episode examines confidence as an integrated adult skill—through the lens of performance, leadership, persuasion, credibility, competence, and reinvention. For anyone interested in the behavioural reality of confidence, not the highlight reels. For professionals, leaders, and anyone building something significant who knows confidence is the bottleneck—but wants the unglamorous truth about how it's actually developed, not another pep talk.

Publisher

John M Walsh

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

10 Feb 2026

Latest episode

7 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

43 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   7 Oct 2026

   The Strong One

   Everyone knows the person who holds it all together. You might be them. The organiser, the fixer, the calm voice in a crisis, the one people point to when something goes wrong. That reputation can feel like confidence, but it can also become a trap: once you’re the dependable one, admitting you’re struggling can feel like breaking the role you’ve built. We talk through how this pattern forms over years, why “I’m fine” is so believable, and the subtle signs that you’re functioning while quiet...

2. 

   30 Sept 2026

   You Don’t Need Confidence to Start

   Confidence is not magic, and it is definitely not something you either “have” or you do not. I sit down with strength coach Dan Tibbett to get brutally practical about what confidence looks like in real life, especially when you walk into a room and instantly feel like you are on the back foot. Dan shares how sport shaped his mindset from a young age, why he sometimes had to act confident before he felt it, and how a simple physiological reset (posture, breath, presence) can change what happe...

3. 

   23 Sept 2026

   You Got Promoted. Now What?

   A promotion can feel like someone finally saw your talent, and then, without warning, it can make you question it. One week you’re the trusted expert who fixes the hard problems. The next, you’re in back-to-back meetings, expected to influence people who don’t report to you, and asked to make decisions before the information is complete. That wobble in confidence isn’t weakness; it’s a sign the job has changed. We talk through the classic leap from technical expert to manager using a simple ...

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