Business Confidence
StrategyBusiness Confidence is a manufactured psychological state that entrepreneurs can deliberately create through specific techniques, body language, and strategic thinking rather than something you're born with. It's built through persistent action in the face of adversity, operating outside your comfort zone, and maintaining independence while avoiding fear-based decision making that shuts down strategic thinking.
About Business Confidence
Business Confidence is a manufactured psychological state that entrepreneurs can deliberately create through specific techniques, body language, and strategic thinking rather than something you're born with. It's built through persistent action in the face of adversity, operating outside your comfort zone, and maintaining independence while avoiding fear-based decision making that shuts down strategic thinking.
Eben draws from Dennis Waitley's research with Olympic athletes showing how top performers manufacture optimism, plus his own transformation from trailer park circumstances to generating millions while working with industry leaders like Tony Robbins.
“Never make any decision about an opportunity when you're in fear because it shuts down the executive center in your brain”
— Eben Paganon Teaching entrepreneurs about strategic decision-making and avoiding fear-based choices
Perspective
“Confidence is something you're born with or naturally have”
Confidence is manufactured through deliberate psychological techniques, persistent action, and operating outside your comfort zone
Evidence 26
High-performing athletes and successful people have the ability to manufacture their own optimism through deliberate psychological techniques
Dennis Waitley's research with Olympic athletes in his famous program 'The Psychology of Winning' found this as a key di
From: 2 Tricks To Manufacture OptimismHigh status body language includes chest out, shoulders back, slow movements, strong eye contact, and taking up space confidently
Live demonstration with volunteers showing instant transformation from 'doesn't get it' to 'gets it' status
From: 5 Most useful Tips for Body Language 2020 Part 1 | David DeAngelo ...at 7:27The 'sexual threat' concept - being perceived as a sexually powerful, confident man creates both attraction and tension because women unconsciously know the investment risk
Reference to Julius Fast's book 'Body Language' and the biological reality that women create one egg per month while men
From: 5 Most useful Tips for Body Language 2020 Part 1 | David DeAngelo ...at 60:14Independence in body language means not following others' movements, pausing before going along, and doing your own thing consistently
Specific instruction to practice independence in all social situations, not just with women
From: 5 Most useful Tips for Body Language 2020 Part 1 | David DeAngelo ...at 30:22Early business success creates dangerous emotional estimation where entrepreneurs calculate unrealistic future profits
Eben shares his personal experience finding a great lead source that converted at high rates, leading him to plan buying
From: A Mindset To Help You Plan Your Successat 4:10Your self-concept is more powerful than your past because you experience reality through who you think you are, not who you actually are
Pagan explains that your past is just perceptions and memories while your future is imaginations and images, making self
From: Communicating With Yourselfat 9:09Social status directly impacts self-concept and business performance - viewing yourself as high-status through creating genuine value increases self-esteem
Pagan notes that low social status perception leads to low self-concept, while viewing yourself as someone others seek f
From: Communicating With Yourselfat 9:53Confidence is built through persistence and action, not born naturally - it develops through facing challenges and continuing despite setbacks
Eben explains how his own confidence developed through building multiple businesses and overcoming failures, rather than
From: Eben Pagan | Rewiring Success: How to Think, Grow, and Thriveat 15:00Success is never a straight line - entrepreneurs must expect and prepare for the inevitable ups and downs of the journey
Eben shares from his experience building multiple businesses that growth comes through cycles of challenges and breakthr
From: Eben Pagan | Rewiring Success: How to Think, Grow, and Thriveat 13:28Success is never a straight line—it requires persistence and the ability to navigate setbacks and obstacles
Eben's own journey from trailer park to working with industry leaders like Tony Robbins and Sir Richard Branson demonstr
From: Eben Pagan | Rewiring Success: How to Think, Grow, and Thriveat 13:28Common Problems This Addresses
How do I build confidence in business and investment decisions?
Develops decision-making confidence through wealth-building mindset work.
Evidence
Eben draws from Dennis Waitley's research with Olympic athletes showing how top performers manufacture optimism, plus his own transformation from trailer park circumstances to generating millions while working with industry leaders like Tony Robbins.
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