Confidence doesn’t announce itself when it walks into a room. Most of the time, it shows up real quiet, right after doubt tells you to sit down and be quiet.

For a long time, I believed that opportunity came first. I thought once the right door opened, once someone gave me a shot, once life was a little more stable, then confidence would follow. Believing that kept me waiting. Waiting to feel ready. Waiting to feel qualified. Waiting for permission that never came.

What I eventually learned the hard way, as usual, is that opportunity rarely shows up for people who are standing still waiting for life to happen.

Every meaningful thing in my life happened after I made the first move. My recovery didn’t start because I felt confident. I was terrified. Fatherhood didn’t come with a lot of certainty either. It came with a ton of responsibility. Business and ministry didn’t start to grow because I had all the answers. They grew because I decided to take a step forward even while doubting myself.

Confidence didn’t eliminate the fear. It taught me how to move with it.

Confidence isn’t pretending you’re fearless. It’s trusting yourself enough to act before you feel ready. It’s choosing to speak when your voice is shaky. It’s showing up when part of you wants to just disappear.

That’s where opportunity lives. Not in perfection. Not in comfort… in motion.

If you wait to feel confident before you act, you might be waiting forever. Confidence is built through action, not before it.

So ask yourself this today. Where have you been pulling back, hoping something outside of you will change first?

Sometimes the opportunity you’re waiting for is waiting on you to believe you belong there.

Keep showing up. Even when your confidence feels low, it still counts.

Jeff

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