Micro-wins: rebuild confidence through evidence
Confidence is not just a feeling.
It is evidence you collect.
One thing I have noticed in mid-career is how easy it is to keep moving, keep solving, keep showing up… and still miss your own progress.
You do the hard thing.
You handle the setback.
You keep going when energy is low.
And then you move straight on to the next demand without giving yourself any credit.
This notebook reminded me of that (photo here).
I have been using it to capture small achievements. Not the polished headline version. Just the real ones. The factual ones. The ones your brain can too easily overlook.
It connects with something I learned from the Be Extraordinary Mindvalley programme with Vishen Lakhiani: the Reverse Gap.
Instead of always focusing on the gap between where you are and where you want to be, the Reverse Gap invites you to look back and notice how far you have already come.
That matters.
Because when you pause to recognise your own effort, your brain gets new evidence:
I can do hard things.
I am making progress.
I am not starting from nothing.
And that changes how you step into what comes next.
This week’s move:
Write down 3 credits using this sentence:
I did ___ even though ___.
Keep it factual.
No drama.
No false modesty.
Just evidence.
For example:
I spoke up in the meeting even though I felt nervous.
I finished the task even though I was tired.
I asked the question even though I was not sure how it would land.
Micro-wins may look small on paper.
But they build something big: trust in yourself.
You can also find the full mini-course on my website in the Courses section
What is one thing you are doing that deserves more credit?
All the best
Julie
