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A Bit of Optimism · 2026-11-10 · 52 min · 9,352 words

What Confident People Focus on Instead of Winning with Ballerina Isabella McGuire Mayes

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There was a scenario where This twelve year old girl was a bit of an Instagram star ballerina and she was competing in this competition And she didn't win. And she said crying to her mother

Please don't post this on social media because I don't want my followers to know that I've failed. And she's twelve. that is what she's focusing on in terms of her success. My mind is bubbling because there's so many things happening here, right? Which is we've become so obsessed with outcome, we've forgotten process. Yeah, exactly. We've become so obsessed with winning, we've forgotten improvement. Де сел конфидент? Come from winning.

It certainly appears that way. When we nail the presentation, get the promotion, post something that gets a ton of likes, we feel great. We feel strong. For about a day. A week at most. But that feeling fades.

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