A guy asked me what's the difference between the “fake it til you make it” attitude and “being more authentically confident”, since being more confident often feels like being fake. There are a couple of key differences. When you fake it, you’re doing something that you don't actually align with, in terms of your core values. For example, you're pretending to be someone else or you keep doing things to impresses other people. However, you don't feel that these actions are genuine to who you really are. Similarly, when you are doing something new, you may be pretending to feel confident when you don’t really feel that way. Being more authentic doesn’t require you to be fake in any way. First off, all you've got to do is to be aligned with your core values, more than usual. Just because it's unfamiliar, doesn't mean it's fake! Odds are, you've been fake your whole life and now you're finally being real. At the same time, don't pretend that you feel confident doing it. You can admit to being nervous or unsure of yourself. You can show that this is unfamiliar. There's no reason to pretend.

Creating a fake self or watered down version of self years ago. Making an unconscious vow to procrastinate your true self and truest desires to "feel safe". Only to feel safe, not to be safe. The exchange is you miss out on your dream: country, location, friends, partner hobbies, work, life It's a shit thing to realise how down to the core some of these fearful beliefs go. It's also empowering knowing this now, looking at it and using courage to change it! Feel the fear and do it anyway is just one wise way of saying "live YOUR life fully."

After listening to the podcast I know that is everything Dan is teaching. I could hear Dan's voice. It's a long podcast that feels like it should be listened to in chunks. Dan has all the steps. Confidence being one. I just need to keep taking the action. This podcast has been good for me to reinforce Dans work and hear a different perspective. Hope everyone is good.

Daily Dose of Integrity Last week we hit 4,000 subscribers on YouTube. I know it's just an arbitrary number, but sometimes you just have to celebrate! I want to say thank you to all of you who have supported me! I've been on YouTube for 10 years now, slowly growing, and I appreciate all of you taking the time to watch my videos. Hopefully you've got lots of value from them. As always, I'd like to celebrate by giving stuff away. If you're reading this and you've subscribed to my YouTube channel, I'd like to offer you one of my books for free. I've got four published books and you can have any one of them for free. All you've got to do is: get in touch with me and let me know which book you would like to have, and I will send it through to you. Email me your choice at Dan@brojo.org Cheers, Dan