Today is one of those days.
James Valvano, nicknamed Jimmy V, was an American college basketball coach.

While head coach at North Carolina State University, he won the 1983 NCAA Basketball Tournament against high odds. He is remembered for running up and down the court after winning the 1983 NCAA championship, seemingly in disbelief and looking for someone to hug!

Just ten years later, Jimmy V was in the midst of a year-long battle with cancer when he gave a speech at the creation of the V Foundation for Cancer Research.

“Time is very precious to me. I don’t know how much I have left and I have some things that I would like to say. Hopefully, at the end, I will have said something that will be important to other people too.

People say to me how do you get through life or each day… To me, there are three things we all should do every day.

- Number one is laugh. You should laugh every day.

- Number two is think. You should spend some time in thought.

- Number three is, you should have your emotions moved to tears – through happiness or joy.

Think about it. If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that’s a full day. That’s a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you’re going to have something special…”

Jim Valvano died less than two months after his famous speech.

Thank you Jimmy. This morning I laughed with my wife. I spent time thinking, during a call with a client who is literally changing the world. And I cried.

I cried when I watched your video.

The motto of the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research is “Don’t give up, don’t ever give up.”

He is also a friend of Bill Clinton, Tony Robbins and Richard Branson. He is also truly the most inspirational and naturally confident man I have ever had the privilege of spending time with…

My interview with Sean was the longest interview about confidence that I have done out of all 60 interviews to date – it lasted almost 2 hours! And I said LESS than in any other interview! I simply sat back and soaked up everything Sean had to share about his journey into confidence and his tips for creating a life of confidence…

And I will have it ready to share with you very soon. I am busy editing right now. In the meantime, I wanted to tell you about this incredible man…

Sean Stephenson has inspired millions of people around the world, including Tony Robbins and President Clinton. He has had more life adventures than anyone I know.

“Sean is an amazing person with an important message.”

- President Bill Clinton.

Sean was expected to die at birth because of a rare bone disorder called Osteogenesis Imperfecta Despite and yet, despite or more probably because of all the challenges he has faced, Sean is now one of the leading authorities on the deconstruction of self–sabotage. In his early years he faced so many reasons to give up and to doubt or pity himself. And yet he never did.

In fact…

- He has worked on Capitol Hill for U.S. Congressman William O. Lipinski and in the White House alongside President Clinton.

- He has testified in front of the United States Senate on two separate occasions.

- He has developed a thriving professional speaking business.

- He has shared a speaking platform with Tony Robbins, Henry Winkler, and Mark Victor Hansen.

- He has traveled to over forty seven states and six countries.

- He filmed a fitness video called, No Excuses! with Miss Fitness Universe and her husband, a former Mr. Olympia competitor.

- He was appointed to serve on the Board of Directors for National Association for Self-Esteem.

- He is a board-certified psychotherapist, who runs a private practice and is completing his Doctorate in Clinical Hypnosis.

Oh… and he has been seen by millions on Oprah, CNN, The Discovery Health Channel, WGN, CBS News, and in The New York Times.

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Exactly ten years ago, Tony Robbins inspired Sean (at the time a sickly 19 year-old boy) to dream big. REAL BIG. He said create a TEN year vision. And Sean did…

In the vision, he dreamed of writing a book and having it published. He dreamed of creating and launching his own TV show.

Well, last month Sean began filming his TV show, on the A&E network called “3 Foot Giant.” And he also just published his book, Get Off Your “But”: How to End Self-Sabotage and Stand Up for Yourself. It’s already getting rave reviews…

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After interviewing him, I promised Sean that I’d read and review his book.

I have to tell you I LOVED it. My copy has a TON of notes scribbled over it from cover to cover.

Here’s a little video review I filmed in a bookshop in Beijing. I’m not sure why I look quite so serious!

“Here’s what I want you to do next.” - Buy a copy of Sean’s book here (this isn’t an affiliate link, I just can’t recommend this book highly enough):

http://www.amazon.com/Get-Off-Your-But-Self-Sabotage/dp/0470399937

Find Sean online here: www.timetostand.com

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Let me know what you think of Sean’s story and who else you’d love me to interview. And check back here soon to listen to my interview with this amazing man!

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Rich Litvin
that confidence guy.
Author, Speaker, Confidence Coach, Entrepreneur
rich@thatconfidenceguy.com

And in less than three weeks I have interviewed over 10 people for my book Secrets of The World’s Most Confident People. That makes 60 interviews to date <big grin> its been real fun!

So I was really excited to be invited to a dinner at The European Chamber of Commerce as the speaker was Jing Ulrich, who is #95 on the list of Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women.

You see, just a few weeks ago I set myself my next crazy goal of interviewing the World’s Most Powerful women…

I had no idea how to make this happen but I know that when I set crazy goals that excite me enough, they seem to have a way of coming to pass…

Anyway, I arrive at the dinner and everyone is wearing business suits, everyone is handing out business cards and everyone is talking about their high-powered company.

Me? At this point I got a little nervous…

After all, I was wearing jeans. I don’t use a business card. And my high powered company consists of just me, my Virtual Assistant and My Marketing Guy!

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What was interesting though, was that at the dinner, everyone at my table was fascinated by me and my job and my book.

And then I think my ego got a little carried away!

Someone asked do people ever say no when you ask to interview them?

I reflected and said no!

Well, its true. Everyone I have asked to interview has said yes, including some extremely well known people..

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Uh huh… I guess you can see where this is going….

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After Jing Ulrich’s speech, I strolled up to her table.

In my head, I could already hear her saying, You’re writing a book about the The World’s Most Confident People. I’d simply LOVE to be in it, Rich….

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Here’s how the actual conversation went:

Hello Jing, did you get the email I sent you?
No.
Oh, well I’m writing a book and I’d like to interview you.
I’m too busy right now.
Its about confidence.
That’s nice.
I’d like to find out about your journey into confidence.
<Awkward silence…>

I’m interviewing the The World’s Most Confident People. <Can you hear my note of desperation?!!>
Why don’t you use something from my speech… <Her speech was about the Chinese Economy>
<She turns away…>
Hmmm….

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Conversation clearly over.

I turn around and walk slowly away.

My tail between my legs.

The truth is, I was embarrassed, mad and inside I was saying Who do you think you are anyway, you’re only #95 out of 100 – on the List of  the The World’s Most Powerful Women!.

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So. What did I learn from this embarrassing experience?

1. Set CRAZY goals. The crazier the better. If they make you feel excited enough they have a way of coming true.
2. Don’t get attached to achieving them (immediately!).
3. If too many people say yes to you then you’re not asking challenging enough questions!
4. Watch out for your ego. The clue for me is when I think I’m cool it usually means I’m not!
5. You only really learn when you f**k-up!.

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“Here’s what I want you to do next.” – Email me with (a) One of your CRAZY goals, or (b) A time that you f**ked-up!

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Rich Litvin
that confidence guy.

Author, Speaker, Confidence Coach, Entrepreneur
rich@thatconfidenceguy.com

Don’t insult us.

There’s millions of people who have lost their job in the past few months. How can you even start an article with that title?

Well.
Its true…

I’ll also tell you about the guy who lost his job working at one of the world’s largest banks for the past 15 years.

It was last December and he was terrified and he said to me…

This is the worst financial collapse in history – how am I ever going to get another job?

What if I run out of money?

How will I pay my mortgage?

What about the kids school fees?

He was in tears.

And I’ll also tell you about the call he made to me, only three months later, when he told me that he had been given three job offers and how he needed help choosing between them!

But first, almost four years ago – before people were even talking about financial collapses and at a time when the housing market was in top form and no one had heard of AIG – I was called in to see my own boss…

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“I Don’t See A Place For You In This Organization…”

It was seven in the morning and I had already been in work for almost an hour.

As usual, I had been awoken about an hour before that by the shrieking of my alarm clock.

I had looked with pain at the empty side of the bed next to me (at 37 years old I was single once again) and I’d forced my aching body to roll over and crawl out of the warmth of the covers.

I’d showered and dressed in the pitch darkness – with about three hours until the earliest trace of dawn in the sky (I used to hate that time of the day) – and driven through the empty streets of London to begin my working day.

Leaning over my desk, searching for inspiration amongst the piles of paper work and the detritus of the email that rushed to me daily, my daydreams were rudely interrupted by a knock on the door of my office.

This was strange…

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I was usually undisturbed for at least a couple more hours.

The door creaked open and the guy who was my line manager said sheepishly, the new boss wants to see you…

This was even stranger…

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I’d spent the past fifteen years working as a teacher. I’d taught in London and in Africa and in Asia; I was great at my job and I loved the way I could make such a difference to young people’s lives. And I loved the kids I worked with – here are a bunch of my favorite students from an inner city London school (they’re all now in their 20s!)

But fifteen years of teaching had taken its toll on me.

I had climbed the greasy pole towards more money and better titles.

I had worked for bosses who didn’t like me, didn’t respect me and didn’t see me.

I’d not respected myself; I’d not trusted my intuition; and I’d forgotten how to follow my heart…

And I had moved into a world of management and leadership that had ever so slowly drawn me away from the reason I had started this career in the first place – my love of teaching and working with students.

I’d put so much time and energy into my working life over the years that relationships had strained and suffered.

It was ok – I always told myself it will be worth it eventually… I’d studied for a Masters degree that bored me silly and I truly believed that one day when I finally became the one in charge, I would have a life that I really wanted…

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I’d like you to leave today. Right now.

I felt uneasy as I walked slowly down the corridor. I knocked gently on the Principal’s door. And I got the irony of understanding for the first time how the kids must feel when they were sent to my own office! Now I knew why they tapped quietly. I sensed something was wrong and I hoped desperately that no one would answer.

Gesturing to a seat opposite her, she wasted no time.

I want a new management team. I don’t see a place for you in this organization.

I’d like you to leave today. Right now.

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Tears sprang to my eyes and I asked Why?

Give me a chance… I whispered.

Let me just prove myself for another week…

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WHY?

Who was I kidding? I knew why.

I was working in a job I no longer enjoyed, with people who could sense I didn’t want to be there. In fact, the only reason I was even there (the inspirational boss who I had really admired) had been asked to leave a few weeks earlier.

I wish I could tell you I had dignity in that moment. That I turned around and walked out with a look of disdain or even that I told her what I thought of her and the effect she would have on children’s lives.

Instead I cried like a baby and begged for my job.

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I don’t see a place for you in this organization… came the reply.

I’ll always remember that she didn’t even blink as she looked me directly in the eyes.

And in that moment I decided I am not going to fight this.

I’m not wanted.
I’m going to leave.

I signed the paperwork and too ashamed to even say goodbye to the children I loved so much, I got in my car.

I began the long ride home and I balled my eyes out for the entire journey…

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You Lucky Bastard…

Telling people I had lost my job was one of the toughest times of my life. I desperately craved sympathy and support but at the same time I tried hard to put on a brave face and pretend that I hadn’t been affected by what had happened.

I was ashamed. It took me three days before I could even tell my parents.

And even then I kinda pretended that it had been my choice to leave.

My ego had been beaten to a pulp and my self-esteem was at rock bottom, when three words from my friend Dave changed my life…

I had been making round after round of calls to friends and family, hoping that if somehow I could speak to them before they heard my news from anyone else, I could control their reaction and I would retain some shred of self-respect.

Everyone had advice for me…

Take a break for a week. Apply for a new job immediately. Speak to a lawyer. Sue them!

Or they felt sorry for me. Which was somehow worse.

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And then I called Dave and told him my story.

You lucky bastard! came the reply.

Wow, that threw me.

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But I realized he was right. I had been given an opportunity.

I could rush back into my old career. Or I could do something different.

Something had changed in me after that call and I said to myself that I was going to take a risk and do one thing that I had always wanted to do…

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A One-Way Ticket to Bangkok

I would fly to Thailand and spend time living on a beach. I would exercise and sunbathe and for a while, at least, I would put aside the word career that had driven me for most of my adult life. No commuting. No deadlines. No boss.

I bought a one-way ticket to Bangkok.

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What’s your plan?

My friends and family decided that I was being unconventional but they humored me. I was having a tough time, wasn’t I?

He needs a break, but he’ll be back in a week or two, they assumed.

What really puzzled people was that I had no plans. What are you going to do? they said. I have no idea, came my reply.

The only thing I knew was that I craved a life where I could finally do what I love and do what I want…

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I don’t quite know how I had the guts to make this wrenching change in my life, but as I look back now, I can see that I simply took things one tiny step at a time.

I made a decision that I wasn’t going back to my old life.

I bought a plane ticket…

I took a train to the airport…

I booked a workshop…

I put my house on the market…

I still find it strange, but as I look back on that moment I can now see that I have done what I love ever since.

And I have continued to do it one tiny step at a time…

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I Followed My Heart…

Over the past four years, I have followed my heart – one tiny step at a time. And I have turned old, hidden dreams into reality.

I spent 6 months living on a beach on a tiny island in Thailand.

I learned to teach yoga.

I proposed to a woman I’d met 10 days earlier.

I spent 12 months traveling the globe with that beautiful woman.

I saw gorillas in Uganda, abseiled down Table Mountain in Cape Town and visited Nelson Mandela’s prison cell. I journeyed to the Killing Fields in Cambodia and I sailed around Fiji. I meditated in the Himalayas and I volunteered with children in a slum in India.

I sold my house and used almost all of the money I had to train with the the world’s very best coaches and trainers.

I began to tell people what I do and they began to ask to work with me.

And recently I was asked to give a talk at Stanford University about my experiences.

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These days I help women and men, who are terrified they will be stuck in the same boring life for ever – they begin to make difficult decisions, fulfill their life’s purpose and live more courageously. They live a life of passion, adventure and fun…

And I have amazing clients.

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I know.
At times, I can’t quite believe it myself.

But its true…

Thank God I was Fired!

Tomorrow I’ll tell you more about three of my clients who were fired over the past year.

I’ll tell you how each of them called me in tears asking what am I going to do next?

And I’ll tell you that I had to remind each one of them that they had said to me months before (in one case, two years before) that being fired would be the best thing for them as it would force them to leave a life that bored and frustrated them…

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* What did you learn? Share your own stories and thoughts – Post a Comment below. I’d love to see you there!

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Rich Litvin
that confidence guy.

Author, Speaker, Confidence Coach, Entrepreneur
rich@thatconfidenceguy.com

This is me.
The good. The bad.
…And the ugly.

I’m a guy who’s on a journey to discover the secrets to natural confidence and to share what I learn on my travels…

In case you don’t know, I am currently traveling the world and writing the book “Secrets of The World’s Most Confident People”. I am literally searching out The World’s Most Confident People and interviewing them.

How am I choosing the people I interview?
I simply looked at the main ways I lack confidence in the world – and there are four of them.

I lack confidence around Sex, Money, Other People and Being Creative.

So the next part was easy…
I want to meet the most Sexually Confident people in the world.

I want to meet people so Confident with Money that they can generate whatever they need. Whenever they need it.

I want to interview men and women so Confident with Other People that they can walk into a party or a networking meeting not knowing a soul and walk out with a dozen phone numbers! (Me, I break into a sweat every time I walk into a party…)

And I want to interview people with such Creative Confidence that they feel free to do what they love. And even those creative people who have seen huge success: artists; musicians; film stars and more. Creative souls who are so excited about their work that others pay them. LOTS. Paid for doing what they LOVE – imagine that! So they can KEEP doing what they LOVE!

Cool. So why the aching heart? That sounds like fun.

If you don’t know, then read this older post…

As I write, I’m currently living on a beach in Thailand (I know. I know. What are you complaining about, dude?!)

And my wife has decided to take time away from me. Hey, who am I kidding? We are separating.

We are separating to get clear on what we both really, really, REALLY want from life.
That may include being together (Personally, I hope it does).

And it may not…

The key to being authentic is that I hide nothing. So you’re gonna get all of me on this blog. And I’ll be unapologetic about it.

Except when I say sorry.

So here’s the strange bit.
We have three more days together on this beach and I realized that I can spend this time being sad and upset and miserable and morose and gloomy [insert your favorite adjective for when you feel down in a relationship]. Or I can Choose My Experience.

My friend Michael Neill is a Supercoach (well, he ought to be – he has just written the book, Supercoach!) In Supercoach he says:

“Your day doesn’t create your mood; your mood creates your day…
When your mood is low, the world looks bleak; when your mood is high, you feel like you can take over the world.
When your mood is high, your partner is the most wonderful man or woman in the world; when your mood is low, they’re a complete bastard.
The difference is, as always, not in the world, but is being created inside you.  And a deeper understanding of how it’s being created will give you a whole lot more options about what to do about it.”

He goes on to say that the important thing to realize about your thinking, particularly your “unhappy” thinking is:

“It’s never the first thought never hurts – it’s the fifth, or fiftieth, or even five hundredth which inevitably comes when you follow a negative train of thought on its rambling journey to destinations unknown.”

And I get it.
I can sit here on this beautiful beach, and go off into my head, judging myself for all the mistakes I made, worried about how I’ll cope when my wife leaves or anxious about a future alone…

OR…

I can look at the beautiful blue ocean, the golden sand and the stunning woman in a bright red bikini lying next to me (that’s my wife, Monique, by the way!) And I can be totally present in this moment.

My life is great. I have 2 more weeks in Thailand; then 2 weeks in Singapore, where I’ll be interviewing two women who have been guests on Oprah. After that, I travel to China. I don’t know what will happen then. But I’ll cross that bridge when I get to it.

My heart hurts.

AND…

My life is great.

“Here’s what I got.” - I’ve got a download of my favorite song by my wife, Monique DeBose, from her 2nd album “Choose The Experience: Volume 2″ She’s an amazing singer/songwriter. Check her out here and download Enjoy The Ride here

Go on.
What else do you want to say?

How do you know?
What makes you so special?
And if you need to say that then you can’t be confident, can you?!

Good questions. I’m glad you asked.
Let me answer them all.

How do you know you’re so confident, Rich?

I know I’m one of The World’s Most Confident People because I’m writing the bestselling book “Secrets of The World’s Most Confident People” and I have spent the past 6 months traveling the world, meeting some amazing people.

Great. What does that have to do with your confidence?

Patience. Give me a moment longer. I’m getting to it, I promise.

Now you may have already seen this on the home page but let me just share with you a little about the people I have met…

What if I told you about the modern-day James Bond who said he knew he was confident the first time he stole a Billion Dollars? Or how about the High School Dropout who was a model, a celibate Buddhist monk for 7 years, a geisha trainee and dated Bill Gates. And who now consults at the White House and has personally helped 150 people become Millionaires.

Or how about three New York Times bestselling authors who are regular guests on Oprah; the World’s Leading Hypnotist; one of the Most Influential & Powerful Women in Social Media or the Creator of a Website with Two Million Visitors a month?

Or the woman who went from being a secretary to an Internationally Known Psychic; the Mother of Two who Founded a Charity and Influences Governments; the Success Coach who works with Royalty and Hollywood Stars; the World’s Greatest Seducer and three of the Most Sexually Confident Women you’ll ever meet…

OK. They sound like interesting people but how do you claim to be so confident?

Ok. Ok. I promised I’d answer your questions. And I will.

How do I know I’m one of The World’s Most Confident People? Well, the first thing I noticed when I called these amazing people to set up an interview was that the most common reply was, sure I’d love to do the interview but I’m probably not as confident as you think I am…

Hmm… strange, I thought. I know that feeling. People sometimes think I’m confident. But it often doesn’t feel like that in the inside.

Then the next thing I noticed was that most of these people would tell me that they were very confident in some areas of their lives. And not in others. For example, the male porn star who told me he needed my help in meeting women! And the senior executive in a Fortune 100 company who dealt with billions of dollars every day but was terrified about losing his own money.

And then I noticed that there were people like the world-class martial artist who used to be terrible at martial arts (I know – he’s a buddy of mine and 15 years ago I used to routinely beat him when sparring). The difference is, he kept training, week in, week out for 15 years. And he’s now about to take his 3rd dan black belt in one of the most challenging martial arts in the world.

And then I began to hang out with these people. Some had been on Oprah. Some were making millions of dollars. Some worked with Presidents and Prime Ministers. And one worked with CIA and KGB agents!

And you know what was strange?

They were all pretty ordinary people.
Ok. Some were really fascinating and I couldn’t stop asking them questions. But to be frank, some bored the shit out of me.

Some were attractive. Some were not. Some were confident as little kids. And some had childhoods that were excruciating because their self-esteem was so low. Some hung out with celebrities and were still excited about that. And some were celebrities and weren’t even aware of it.

What makes you so special?
Good question.
That’s the cool part.
Nothing.

I put my pants on one leg at a time. Just like you. (I’m assuming you wear pants, right?)

There are times in my life when I feel confident. Hanging out with friends. Playing with my nephews. Working with clients. And spending time with my wife.

And there are times in my life when I totally lack confidence. Walking into a party. Holding a new born baby. Talking to an audience of more than a thousand people. And spending time with my wife!

I recently had a conversation with a Success Coach who works with Hollywood Stars and Royalty. He shared a story about Bruce Springsteen, who was asked in an interview,

“Are you ever nervous before you perform on stage in front of 50,000 people?”

His reply was simply, “No.”

The interviewer was incredulous and said, “Really?! Well, what happens before you go on stage?”

“Well,” he replied, “my heart starts to thump really hard in my chest, my palms get clammy, my
face gets hot and sweat drips down the side of my face… And I know I’m pumped and ready to go on stage…”

I love that story. In my business its called a re-frame. And it reminds me that so I often I compare how I am feeling on the inside with how other people look on the outside.

>> What if you knew that everyone who has successfully started a new business, earned a black belt in martial arts, become a movie star, spoken on stage to thousands of people or made millions of dollars experienced everything that YOU experience?

>> What if you knew that the steps they took to build their confidence could be learned?

>> And what if you knew that everything they have done is possible for YOU, too?

I’m here to tell you that everything they have done is possible for YOU.

And if you are still thinking, no… Not me. Then let me tell you that just four years ago I was fired from my job.

I was almost at the pinnacle of success in my profession. I had recently bought my dream home (a three story town house in London). I had my dream car – a convertible. And then in an instant my self-esteem plummeted to rock bottom.

I SO know what people are going through right now as I read the headlines about the people who are being laid off on a daily basis. I felt devastated, angry and ashamed.

It took me three days before I could even bring myself to tell my parents what had happened. And even then, I tried to make t sound like it was some kind of voluntary thing that would be good for my career!

It took me over three months of being unemployed to notice that I was still referring to myself by the job title I used to have! It then took another three months of being unemployed to actually stop using that old job title.

I’ve done some crazy things in the past four years. I sold my dream home and my dream car and left England for good. I lived on a beach in Thailand. I proposed to a woman I met 10 days earlier. I lived in India, the United States and China and I traveled the world for a year with my fiancé. I apprenticed with the best coaches in the world. And I created a business where I can do what I love from anywhere on the globe (I’m writing this article in Singapore and tomorrow I fly to Thailand).

Now finally. You see, I haven’t forgotten. You asked:
And if you need to say that then you can’t be confident, can you?!

Well, it actually took a lot of balls to begin this article with the words, “I’m one of The World’s Most Confident People”.

But that’s part of the point. You see confident people have all the same fears and concerns as the rest of us. They just take action anyway.

People ask to work with me because they want more confidence.

What I know is this:

Confidence doesn’t exist.

At least not in the way that people often want it.

You see, “Confidence is a result of action. Not a requirement for action.”

Nike got it right. JUST DO IT.
And if you need some support. That’s fine too.

I only wrote this article because I just spent an hour on the phone with one of my mentors! I wasn’t sure what to write. I was wrestling with the question what if they don’t like it. And I was scared of putting myself out there.

He said just do it.
And I did…

I started this article with the words, “I’m one of The World’s Most Confident People.”

I’m gonna finish it with the words, “YOU are one of The World’s Most Confident People…”

(1) Obviously… SECRETS of The World’s Most Confident People! You will have access to a ton of audios and videos of interviews with a bunch of amazing people.

(2) Confidence tips and advice to support YOU in your journey, and

(3) Stories about my own journey into confidence (I’ll share my fears, my joys, my passions and even my pain too).

In January 2009, I set myself a crazy goal – I was going to interview The World’s Most Confident People.

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I didn’t know how. I didn’t know who. I didn’t even know where or when. But I did know WHY…

WHY?

Because I felt excited.

I don’t even know if excited is the right word for it – but every time I said to myself I’m gonna interview The World’s Most Confident People I found a great big soppy grin appeared on my face. When I told a couple of people my plan, they said “wow!” or something like that – and my grin got bigger. So I knew I was onto something.

Then I told a whole bunch of people and they thought it was a cool idea. And I got kinda self-important (I do that). Hey, I’m interviewing The World’s Most Confident People.

So I started.

Well, I say I started.

Actually, I did nothing.

Well. Lets be honest. How the HELL do you go about interviewing The World’s Most Confident People, anyway?!

So I did nothing some more.

And then I told Michael Neill. Michael is my mentor and my coach and a friend (www.geniuscatalyst.com) and Michael said, who do you want to interview?

And then I got scared…

I don’t know, I said.

Well, said Michael, if you did know, who would you LOVE to interview…?

Oh, that’s easy, I said. And the names began to tumble out… Richard Branson, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Paul McKenna, Russell Brand, Cesar Milan, Sean Stephenson, Oprah Winfrey…

Great said Michael. Who do you want to interview first?

F@#k! What’s he talking about?! How can I ever interview THEM? Who am I? I don’t even know them. I don’t even know HOW to know them. I don’t even know how to BEGIN to know them.

I hate Michael sometimes.

So I said, how about I interview my friend Decker (after all, he’s pretty famous in the dating world for helping men meet amazing women www.authenticmanprogram.com). And Michael said, well, that’s easy. He’s your friend. Who on your list do you want to interview first?

Did I mention I hate Michael sometimes?

OK, Russell Brand, I said. (Russell Brand’s an English comedian, actor, writer and presenter. He recently starred in the movies Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and Bedtime Stories.)

I happen to think he’s very funny. And he doesn’t give a f@#k about what people think of him. I like that. (Most of the time I worry far too much about what people think of me).

Michael jumped up and ran to his computer. Ok, he didn’t run. Michael’s too mellow for that. But he did put Russell Brand’s name into google. After just 5 minutes he’d come up with half a dozen ways for me to contact him. I knew that it might take a little more energy than that but it really wasn’t as difficult as I’d imagined.

Then I got really nervous.

Here I was sitting opposite an internationally renowned Success Coach. A best-selling author, radio-show host and a coach and mentor to celebrities, CEOs and royalty. A man whose books have been translated into 8 languages and who has given talks at the United Nations (www.geniuscatalyst.com).

Jeez. If this wasn’t someone who should be in the book SECRETS of The World’s Most Confident People then nobody should.

F@#k it!

Hey Michael, can I interview you?

Sure, when?

Errr… now?

Sure.

Errr.

Err..

Errr…

OK. Rich, press record and ask me a question.

And that was it! I was doing it. I was really doing it.

Listen to my first ever interview! You’ll even hear how shaky my voice was as we begin!

In the three months since I talked with Michael, I have interviewed almost 50 of The World’s Most Confident People…

Including the modern-day James Bond who stole a Billion Dollars; the High School Dropout and Ex-Geisha who consults at the White House and helped 150 people become Millionaires; three New York Times bestselling authors who are regular guests on Oprah; and the World’s Leading Hypnotist.

Also one of the Most Influential & Powerful Women in Social Media; the Creator of a Website with Two Million Visitors a month; the woman who recovered from rape to become an Internationally Known Psychic; the Mother of Two who Founded a Charity and Influences Governments; the Success Coach who works with Royalty and Hollywood Stars; the World’s Greatest Seducer and three of the Most Sexually Confident Women you’ll ever meet…

Stayed tuned! In the coming days I’m gonna share each of their stories with you.

“Here’s what I got.” - I’ve got my full 19 minute interview of Michael sharing his thoughts on confidence.

“Here’s what it’ll give ya.” - You’ll learn how to cope with being fired; you’ll hear how Michael’s moods used to change according to how many people subscribed and unsubscribed from his email list – and what he now does differently; and you’ll hear Michael’s advice on what to do if you are scared about the economy right now…

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