How to Take Risks When You Don't Fully Believe in Yourself Yet

How to Take Risks When You Don't Fully Believe in Yourself Yet

July 7, 2026 · 17 min · Episode 70

About this episode

In this episode, Corrie LoGiudice shares her personal risk-taking story and provides a framework for overcoming self-doubt and making calculated risks.

"What are some of your favorite ways to overcome self-doubt or being scared of taking a risk?" This question came up during a private event Q&A while I was discussing the Lack of Confidence Overwhelm Culprit and it's one I hear constantly. Because so many high achievers hold themselves back from the exact move that would change everything, simply because they're afraid. Here's what I know for sure: if you don't take risks and do the things that make you uncomfortable, you'll never grow. And if you don't grow, nothing changes. In this episode I'm sharing my biggest risk-taking story - the $20,000 investment I made as a newly divorced single mom with a mortgage, almost no savings and everything on the line. And exactly how I made the decision to do it anyway. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE: Why not every risk is worth taking and how to tell the difference before you leap My biggest personal risk-taking story: the $20,000 coaching investment I made when I had almost nothing and what happened 12 weeks later The three-step framework I use to turn a scary risk into a calculated one How to identify the best-case scenario and why this is more than just listing the positives How to…

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