Being successful is, after all, to a critical degree a matter of confidence: a faith that there is no reason why success would not be ours. It’s humbling to recognise just how many great achievements have been the result not of superior talent or technical know-how, but merely of that strange buoyancy of the soul we call confidence. And this sense

where does confidence come from? It comes from self-esteem and self-esteem comes from doing the things you know you should do when you know you should do them whether you feel like it or not.

Confidence isn’t a quality we are born with or something that magically happens; it’s built through action. To create confidence, you need to get started.