——by Jessie Liu
When I face a new project, that snake of self-doubt is always hissing in my ear: “You think you can do it this time? Ha! You’ve failed every time these past three years!” I shrink back like a turtle, tiptoeing around that voice: “Yeah… I’ve got to carefully consider my methods… weigh the options… avoid failure…” And the result? I get hijacked by my own doubts and become a coward in action! The payment deadline charges at me like a doomsday train! My work progress? Hah, it crawls like a snail in the desert! My life feels trapped in a bottomless abyss where no light can be seen!
At 1:16 a.m., I never expected that stepping out of my comfort zone would land me in such a brutal predicament. Searching my bookshelf for salvation, a dust-covered journal suddenly fell out. I opened to the first page, and my thirty-year-old self had written:
“From signing up for swimming lessons to failing seven times—I wasn’t just learning to swim; I was reforging my soul!”
That night, when I finally conquered the water, I walked alone in the dark on my way home, blasting Rammstein like some fearless laborer. The deafening music proclaimed my victory! My blood was boiling, my soul roaring. I wanted to shout to the whole world: I did it! Not that clichéd “Nothing is impossible,” but rather “Believe you can, and you’ll find a way—no one in this world can stop you!”
Reading about that ultra-confident version of myself in my journal, I realized that the thirty-year-old warrior goddess never left. She’s been lying dormant in my blood all along, waiting to awaken once more!
Am I really not good enough? I picked up pen and paper and began writing, at the back of the journal, about all my past moments of success:
In 2015,I traveled solo through eight countries. I went from being too shy to speak to strangers to becoming someone who confidently smiles and greets strangers on the street! The stamps on my passport are the trophies of me shredding my own timidity!
From 2015 to 2021, I leapt across five major industries—from real estate to advertising, from children’s parties to teaching Chinese, and then to teaching English. Each time, I spent one month immersing myself to learn the new field, then aced the interviews. Every career jump was a desperate counterattack, where I proved that the “it’s so hard to switch fields” curse was no match for my determination!
In 2021, after 18 days of writing and rewriting, practicing repeatedly in front of the mirror, I finally stood on the TEDx stage. From sweating palms to boldly declaring “No one can stop your freedom!”, I roared it out. When the entire audience stood up and applauded, I knew I had crushed that timid version of myself!
I once gambled all my savings—choosing not to work but to travel and paint instead. I wanted to run an experiment to see if I had the courage to start from zero. In the end, I used my actions to prove: there’s nothing scary about starting from zero; the real fear is not having the courage to try!
Suddenly, an exciting idea hit me, and I hurled my triumphant memories at the AI: “Write me a story of a great female protagonist who makes a comeback!” I commanded.
As those words appeared on the screen, they weren’t just data—they were my flesh and bone, the life-and-death battles I’d survived! My body began to tremble! The one who climbed out of the abyss was me; the one who held the wheel steady in the storm was me; the warrior who stood tall after being mocked was also me! Tears welled up in my eyes, and a warm rush coursed through my stomach!
This wasn’t just some “confidence scenario reconstruction”—it was a soul-reforging ceremony! In that moment, my identity was stripped away, reorganized, and sublimated. My emotions ignited like a supernova, and my brain’s reward system felt like it had been injected with adrenaline. A jolt of pleasure pulsed through every cell of my body!
In a matter of minutes, my confidence didn’t just grow—it exploded! Through this emotional shockwave, I forcibly activated the dormant self-trust gene in my body. My neural pathways were completely rewritten at that moment, and the self-doubt virus lurking in my subconscious was eradicated!
Within an hour, my entire body began to seethe, as though a volcano had erupted inside me! My gaze turned as sharp as a cheetah’s, locked onto its prey. My breathing began to thunder like the war drums of ancient warriors setting out for battle!
Now, let me quietly share with you the secret to awakening your confidence in one hour: use words to help yourself build a confidence scenario, immerse yourself in it, and experience it fully—not just logically “knowing” how to be confident, but directly feeling it. Follow these six steps to construct your own exclusive confidence-boosting scenario:
- Prepare your scenario materials
1) Write down the situations in which you feel self-doubt or lack of confidence, along with the inner pain you experience.
2) Write down every single moment of success in your life—every field, no matter how small the triumph. Don’t overlook any victory!
- Input these materials into the AI.
- Use the prompt: “In first-person, write a story that goes from self-doubt to overcoming obstacles and reaching a shining moment of triumph—emotional, passionate, and capable of boosting confidence after reading.”
- Hack into your brain’s backend and reinstall your confidence system
When the AI finishes writing your comeback story, play some epic music and read it immersively. As you read your very own heroic epic, realize that you are the king or queen returning from the bottom of the pit! Feel your blood boil, your eyes sharpen, your breath thunder like war drums—you are your own deity! You will experience confidence coursing through your body like an electric current, and it feels absolutely exhilarating! Ultimately, you will complete your final evolution and transform into the ultra-confident version of yourself!
Now go take action! Use one hour to awaken the sleeping confidence gene within and achieve an explosive surge of self-confidence.