The psychology of confidence

I'm delivering another sermon this Sunday. It's on Proverbs 31. I mentioned it before - it's often used to argue for a certain stereotype of women, but I'm arguing a feminist interpretation. I'm doing it quite gently to hopefully get everyone on board. It feels like an important message to deliver.

I watched a few YouTube videos on public speaking to try and improve my delivery and some of them were really interesting. One of the things they said was that people often imagine the worst case scenario before they step up to speak. They said that you're better off imagining the best case scenario because it will make you feel better and that it will probably go well anyway. I realised that this is good practice in all areas of life - teaching, speaking to my boss, speaking to anyone...

I guess it's kind of obvious but I've started to make a more concerted effort to do it more and it seems to be working.

I'll let you know how it goes.