Mark Manson
This video examines why popular self-help strategies like affirmations and power poses often fail to build real confidence and can actually backfire. It explores the psychological misconceptions around self-esteem to reveal what genuinely helps people overcome self-doubt.
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Get one month of BrainFM free with my link: https://go.brain.fm/idgaf You've done the affirmations, the power poses, the mirror pep talk, but you're still a nervous wreck. Well, that's not a coincidence because the entire self help industry has been selling you a word that started out meaning something closer to "con artist." Turns out the actual fix has nothing to do with feeling good about yourself and everything to do with a room full of snakes, and I promise that sentence will make sense by the end of this video. For practical, science-based advice each week that might change your life, sign up for my newsletter here: http://bit.ly/3JRg3NX Written & Directed by Mark Manson Edited by Michelle Hsieh Director of Photography Jess Choi
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