#23 - The REAL Truth About Building Natural Confidence!
"The more self-esteem we have — the more we earn," Kirsty shared during our interview, where we explored confidence in the age of automation and the future of skills.
I'm thrilled to introduce you, my audience, to 𝐊𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐲 𝐇𝐮𝐥𝐬𝐞 — 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝-𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡, speaker across 30+ countries, and the woman behind Confidence Live — who has helped 40,000+ people turn self-doubt into strength at Amazon, LinkedIn, Spotify, and beyond.
If you're ready to build unstoppable confidence for the future of work, this conversation is for you.
Here's what we talked about:
[03:15] The constant state of gratitude: "My curiosity is my driver"
[04:09] 1st Job: Selling Energy door-to-door for a commission-only wage, 7 days a week! Learn how well did it go for Kirsty
[04:52] "𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞, 𝐦𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐡"
[05:45] "I was in a junior role and in my 1st week I emailed the CEO of a 5,000-people company asking for a meet-up and I got it!"
[06:50] "Confidence is everything in your career!"
[07:00] "The more self-esteem we we have, the more we earn"
[08:15] "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗜 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝘆𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳"
[09:12] "Some people expect that things should either be effortless or it's not for them. That's a Myth!"
[10:11] "𝐈 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟"
[11:36] "You do need to get comfortable asking people for help these days"
[12:00] "The scariest thing I did in my career that took me out of my comfort zone was...
[13:50] "My nature is to overthink"
[16:57] How to learn to listen to your intuition?
[18:30] "𝐄𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!"
[19:30] About the Warmth & the Competency Model
[22:15] "Next time you go into a room, be mindful of the energy you're bringing into the space"
[27:45] About the practice of redirecting negative thoughts
[30:26] How to manage your energy?
[31:10] "𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞"
[36:10] "We're genetically predisposed to focus on the bad"
[37:59] "What confidence habits are needed for becoming leaders?"
[40:05] "𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐏𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞!"
Kirsty’s story will inspire you to believe in your voice, trust your growth, and step boldly into your own leadership journey.
✅ To connect with Kirsty via LinkedIn, follow this link: / kirsty-hulse
✅ To pre-order Kirsty's newest book '𝐃𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐒𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐮𝐥𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬' 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞", check it out here: https://shorturl.at/Izp2G
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