People Judge Your COMPETENCE by the CONFIDENCE That You Show
From Fearless Presentations by Doug Staneart
April 20, 2026 · 18 min
About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of displaying confidence to enhance perceived competence.
The quickest way to make people not believe you're qualified is to not believe it yourself. Saying that confidence is important certainly isn't the most groundbreaking thing to hear but knowing exactly WHY it's so important is what really gives people the push to develop it. After last week's episode discussing why you need to have more self-confidence in what you already know, this week we're going to talk about displaying that confidence. Believing yourself good enough is completely d...
People in this episode
Host: Doug Staneart
Topics covered
- confidence
- self-belief
- competence
- personal development
- communication skills
Keywords
- confidence
- self-confidence
- competence
- personal development
- communication
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