The 84th Edition

Let’s talk about self confidence, self belief, and the spectrum that sits between self belief and self doubt.

Something to Think About

Most of what your life looks like is determined by what you believe you are capable of.

Something to Ask Yourself

Do you actually believe you can handle what you’re asking of yourself, or are you already assuming you can’t?

Personal Lesson

When I look back at the biggest changes in my life, they didn’t start with proof. They started with belief. Long before I had evidence, I had an inner conviction that I could figure things out. Ultra running is a perfect example. I didn’t earn confidence first and then sign up to long races. I signed up because I believed there was a version of me capable of doing it, even if I hadn’t met him yet.

The evidence came later. Each longer run, or uncomfortable training block, and race finish didn’t create belief from nothing – it reinforced a belief that already existed. At the start, confidence was a choice. Over time, it became embodied.

That’s the order most people get wrong. They wait to feel confident before they act, when in reality, action is often just belief in motion.

Social media followed the same pattern for me. I believed I could build something online. I didn’t know how big it would be, and I wasn’t attached to it working perfectly. I just believed it was possible and I wasn’t scared of failing. That belief made action easy. Action led to learning. Learning led to results. Results then made the belief louder.

A huge part of what I’ve learned through running, lifting, and coaching others is this: confidence doesn’t magically appear once you’re “ready.” It grows when you practice backing yourself. When you choose to believe you’re more capable than your doubt would have you think.

Running – Life’s Metaphor

Running shows us this perfectly. You don’t wait to feel confident before you sign up for a race. You sign up because you believe you can figure it out. Training becomes the act of proving it to yourself. Life works the same way. Belief opens the door. Action builds the proof.

Final Thoughts

Every truly successful person I know shares one thing in common: they believe in themselves. Not arrogantly, but enough to take action. Enough to risk looking stupid. To fail and keep going.

So many people hide behind being humble, cautious, or “realistic,” when what they’re actually doing is refusing to believe in themselves. Modesty is fine. Avoiding arrogance is healthy. But shrinking yourself is not the same thing as being grounded.

A big part of my mission is simple: to get people to realise they are more capable than they think. Running and lifting are powerful because they don’t just change your body – they change your self image.

You start doing hard things, keeping promises to yourself, and that confidence leaks into every area of your life.

Choose to believe in yourself today.

Not once you have proof or once you feel ready. Today. Believe you can handle more. Believe you can figure it out. Believe you can fail and be fine.

Because telling yourself “I can” is a far better way to live than endlessly believing “I can’t.”