Episode 228

228: Boosting Your Confidence (w/guest Kate McGuinness)

The Law School Toolbox Podcast: Tools for Law Students from 1L to the Bar Exam, and Beyond · Law School Toolbox

January 20, 202034m 30s

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Show Notes

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we are welcoming guest Kate McGuinness -- author of the book Confidence Lost / Confidence Found: How to Reclaim the Unstoppable You -- to talk about the importance of feeling confident in yourself and your abilities.

In this episode we discuss:

Kate's background and career path
What exactly do we mean by "confidence"?
Signs that you should work on boosting your confidence
The science of training our brain to create positive or avoid negative patterns
Thinking about your life story from the perspective of a winner
What is a healthy level of perfectionism?
The power of the word "yet"

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