Every day, our team is focused on how to help our audience and community reach their full potential in every part of their lives – personal and professional. Building confidence and self-esteem is one of the most essential requirements for success and below we’ve presented some of the conversations we’ve had around how to build confidence.
Bria McGee
My confidence and self-esteem were developed at home first. I was really fortunate to grow up in a family that met all of my needs, loved on me, and constantly encouraged me to step outside of my comfort zone. My immediate family introduced me to new experiences early on—whether that was trying something creative, speaking up for myself, or just being open to learning. Read More>>
Chris Farmer
Developing confidence and self-esteem as a singing guitar player comes from steady progress and genuine connection with your music. The more you play, the more you realize that confidence isn’t about being perfect—it’s about being present. Read More>>
J Erin
I developed my confidence and self-esteem through my art. At first, sharing my work felt incredibly vulnerable, but each time I did, I realized how much people connected with it. That validation—and the courage to express myself honestly—helped me grow more confident, not just as an artist but as a person. Read More>>
Kim Mendes
My confidence has always been an ongoing challenge. I find myself constantly asking ‘Am I enough’ and there’s been plenty of times where the answer felt like a no. I battled with the war of loving myself and found myself looking in the mirror attempting to be content with who was staring back at me. Was it my hair? The way I dressed? Read More>>
Kenya Zandrowicz
I wasn’t always confident. In fact, I was shy, insecure, and my self-esteem was almost non-existent. It took years of self-discovery and resilience to find my voice. My turning point came through an unexpected outlet, the runway. There’s something powerful about walking a runway. You have to convince the world and yourself that you belong there. Read More>>
Isaiah Carter
I’m inspired by my loses and failures to boost my confidence and self esteem losing is the lesson that teaches you how to win and winning breeds confidence it’s the competitive spirit. Read More>>
Lauren Johnson
When I look back on the moments that shaped my confidence, they rarely came from having it all figured out…they came from leaning in when I didn’t. Every meaningful milestone in my career began with a mix of uncertainty and curiosity. Read More>>
Wendy Montas
Confidence begins with understanding who you are — your strengths, your struggles, your values — and accepting all of it. Many people grow in self-esteem when they stop comparing themselves to others and start embracing their unique story. Confidence rarely appears overnight. It’s built through consistent action — small goals achieved, challenges faced, and lessons learned. Read More>>
Elena Nairi Mirzaians
I didn’t grow up confident. I was anxious, quiet, always observing. Not because I didn’t have opinions, but because no one seemed interested in the things that fascinated me. To cope, I became the over-prepared one. The planner. The person who thought through every edge case. That’s how I ended up in technical project management, working with high-skill engineering teams at major companies. Read More>>
Meliza Ruby Abreu
My confidence developed the moment I stopped chasing approval and started creating from honesty. Ella the faceless girl I draw became my mirror. She faces back, not to hide, but to remind me that healing often begins when we look inward. Ella is my inner child. Through her, I learned to nurture the parts of me that once felt unseen. Read More>>
Belinda Ortega
I developed my confidence and self-esteem through the difficult life lessons I’ve overcome. I believe the challenges we face are not mistakes, but valuable lessons that shape us. Reflecting on what I’ve been through has shown me my own strength, and that realization has given me the courage to face new challenges with confidence. Read More>>
Krysteena Wilson
First of all – I didn’t start my business feeling confident, it was something that grew AFTER taking action. I started my private practice because I felt stuck, burned out, and completely disillusioned with the systems that were supposed to support me. Read More>>
Julius McClarin-Davis
Focused on my elevation spiritually, mentally, emotionally, and physically. Read More>>
floyd hope
I learned in life that people will hate you for some reason regardless, so be you and enjoy the life you live Read More>>
Gisele Gofman
Confidence Comes from the Process How I found purpose, resilience, and self-confidence through action, mentorship, and teaching. There’s a special kind of confidence that doesn’t come from having all the answers — it comes from trusting the process. From showing up, learning, growing, and believing that every step, even the uncertain ones, has meaning. Confidence and self-esteem weren’t things I was born with. Read More>>
Melissa Roos
How did I develop my confidence and self-esteem? Even at 54, I’m still not sure I’ve fully “developed” them. Confidence, to me, isn’t a destination; it’s a decision I keep making. As a child, I was painfully shy. In public, I clung to my mother, and hid behind her. Read More>>
Gregory León
My confidence really came from experience, from showing up for work, putting in the time, and realizing over time that I could handle more than I thought I could. In this industry, you get humbled constantly, so I learned to see challenges as part of the process rather than proof that I wasn’t good enough. Read More>>
Maura Eliza
I was recently asked if I was in love. My answer: ‘Just with myself.’ I used to go to therapy, read self help books, even attended a few women’s retreats for confidence and self worth. But I realized that the words of other’s could never really build my SELF worth. It had to be an inside job. Read More>>
Pako Pablos
Confidence and self-esteem didn’t come overnight — they were built through experience, failure, and persistence. I learned early that confidence isn’t about thinking you’re better than anyone else, it’s about trusting your own process, even when no one else sees it yet. When I moved to the U.S. Read More>>
Imogen Pickton
Honestly, it’s been a gradual journey! I’ve never been a really confident person. When I first joined LinkedIn, I was a shy student who found it so hard to put myself out there. But building my personal brand and becoming self employed really pushed me to step outside of my comfort zone. Read More>>
Edoardo Tesio
Funny enough, it all started with Britney Spears. When I was fifteen, I would spend hours watching her music videos and dancing along in my room. Something about it just felt good – it was pure joy, and it made me fall in love with who I was. Through dance, I started to embrace my own identity, my femininity, and my sense of self-expression. Read More>>
Sariah Kee
This is a great question. Throughout my journey I have learned that as long as I keep my confidence high in this sport nothing can bring me down. Over the years I had to keep telling myself that and working hard and over time I developed a strong confidence. Read More>>
Simeon Henderson
I developed my confidence and self-esteem through experience, pain, and perseverance. I overcame illiteracy, bullying, and physical abuse from my stepfather—but my mother’s words shaped me. She taught me never to let someone’s opinion of me become my reality, and that I was worthy of success and happiness. That lesson became my foundation. No matter what I encountered, I carried that belief in my heart. Read More>>
Erica Carter
I love this question because it’s something I feel deeply passionate about. I’ve always had a strong work ethic and a drive to succeed, but confidence was not always a strength of mine. My confidence and self-esteem were shaped over time through my work experiences the good and the hard ones. Read More>>
Stephen Wilson
As an artist or really anyone pursing their creative endeavors, I would say developing confidence and self-esteem wasn’t something that happened over night. It was a gradual process that only came from consistent creation and reflection. When I first started out, I was constantly comparing my work to others and often questioned whether my ideas were ‘good enough’. Read More>>
Megan Billingsley
Honestly, my confidence was built through trial and error in different environments and social interactions. I’m almost forty and have immersed myself in different cultures, social norms, other people’s homes, countries and have learned from every single interaction. If you stay in the same bubble and don’t venture out then you never truly learn what you can handle and if you know how to adapt. Read More>>
Ellie Nieves
For much of my early career, confidence felt like something other people possessed effortlessly. I was the youngest person at the table, one of the few women—and often, one of the only Latinas. I believed that if I worked hard enough, my results would speak for themselves. Read More>>
Candi Usher
I was abused in every facet in my first marriage. I was mentally and emotionally abused in my second marriage. I went through abuse with a mentally ill mother. All of this destroyed my confidence and self- esteem. Read More>>
James Minor
Confidence comes from experience and knowing who you are no matter what. Raised by a single mother with southern roots who never accepted mediocre or allowed me to hold my head down regardless of what’s going on. Or my four years in the Marine Corps, where confidence and mental toughness wasn’t an option. Read More>>
galleria
Growing up, I thought I was like the ugliest thing walking. This might have been due to the fact that everyone around me seemed to look completely different from me and got into so many relationships. I internalized this for such a long time, until the first time I was called “beautiful/handsome” by someone not in my family. From there, i carried myself as such. Read More>>
Dezi Cartier
Good question, I can’t decide. I kid. Decision making comes from the heart for me I’d say ninety – nine point nine percent of the time. And I know that is not what people want to hear or the answer you’re supposed to give but for me it’s done alright. Read More>>
