Candid Confidence | A What Works Network Project

any entrepreneur can suffer a crisis of confidence

A 22-day Project Exploring The Many Ways Entrepreneurs Face Their Insecurity And Level Up

Tara McMullin
Founder & Host of What Works

Entrepreneurs like us appear to be confident people.

We’ve got it together. We’re making it happen. We’re doing all sorts of things—on a daily basis—that most people wouldn’t dream of doing.

On the inside, however, there’s often a roiling sea of emotion, insecurity, and questioning.

I’ve experienced plenty of times when I do feel confident and in flow running my business. Experience and diligence allow for ease.

But any time I step out into unknown territory, set a new goal, or seek to level up, that insecurity can come flooding back.

Leveling up takes a new level of confidence, too.

What happens when…

The next step in your plan requires you to show up in a whole new way and do things differently?
The call to level up becomes louder than the call to stay safe?
The situation changes and you need to recalibrate?
The excitement dissolves into panic? How do you move forward?

Candid Confidence is a collaborative project exploring how entrepreneurship and confidence collide–even many years after a business gets started.

Our goal is to shine a light on the mental habits, self-talk, and actions that help small business owners find the confidence to take the next step in their lives & businesses.

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14 Thoughtful Essays

Receive a fresh personal essay–one each weekday in August– from an entrepreneur who has faced fear or insecurity–and forged ahead.

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8 Candid Interviews

Listen in as Tara McMullin and small business owners open up about how they’ve found the confidence to take the next step with their prices, after a major loss, to take on major clients–and more.

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