Sometimes Wrong, Never in Doubt: The Confidence That Comes From Doing the Work (with George Barrios)
About this episode
Mike Vardy discusses the difference between confidence and bravado with George Barrios, exploring the lessons learned from his experiences in business and wrestling.
This episode is brought to you by The 10 Second Inbox—a small, tactical system for taming email without chasing inbox zero. One ten-second decision per message, one calm inbox you can glance at and close. It's launch priced at $29 (reg. $49) through July 26th. Get it at mikevardy.com/10secondinbox (code INBOXTODAY auto-applies). There is a difference between confidence and bravado, and most people have never really had to find out which one they actually carry. Confidence — real confidence — is built in the gap between the work you've done and the hard thing in front of you. Bravado is what fills that gap when the work hasn't been done. My guest in this bonus episode has spent decades inside some of the most pressure-tested environments in business, and that distinction was never abstract for him. It was survival. George Barrios is the former Co-President and Co-CEO of WWE and the author of Sometimes Wrong, Never in Doubt: How a Cuban Kid from Queens Transformed WWE . The book traces the lessons he gathered growing up in Flushing, Queens, through his rise inside corporate America, and into the center of a global media pivot that Wall Street initially ridiculed — and later…
People in this episode
Host: Mike Vardy
Guest: George Barrios
Topics covered
- confidence
- bravado
- business transformation
- personal development
- wrestling
- leadership
Keywords
- confidence
- bravado
- George Barrios
- WWE
- business
- leadership
- personal development
- transformation
Sponsors
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Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: WWE
Books & works: Sometimes Wrong, Never in Doubt: How a Cuban Kid from Queens Transformed WWE
Places: Flushing, Queens
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