Why are confidence-building courses a waste of time?

Self-confidence. Everyone talks about it, everyone wants to have it, and the market is full of courses that promise a quick boost. But think for a moment – do you really need a course to feel confident? Alex Hormozi, a well-known entrepreneur, often says that self-confidence is not something that can be "trained" in courses or through affirmations. It is the result of what you do every day.

Too many people think that self-confidence can be acquired like a product – just read a book or sign up for a workshop. However, that’s not how it works. Hormozi often emphasizes: "Confidence comes from competence" – self-confidence comes from competence. That is, from the real skills you acquire through action, not theorizing.

Don’t train your self-confidence – train your skills

Courses that promise to improve self-confidence lose value if you forget the key principle: self-confidence is built on solid foundations of action. Regardless of whether you work in an office, run your own business, or prepare for competitions, it is daily, consistent action that gives you real evidence that you are ready to face challenges.

Every day is an opportunity to work on yourself – not through theories or motivational slogans, but through real steps. Work every day, achieve small victories, and systematically build your skills in a given field. This is the key to success. If you improve your knowledge every day, learn something new, test your limits, then self-confidence grows naturally. You don’t need to artificially inflate it.

Focus on developing competencies

Think of it like training at the gym – if you’re not prepared, you can sign up for a thousand courses on improving your fitness, but nothing will change until you start exercising regularly. The same goes for self-confidence. Instead of spending time on self-confidence training, work on acquiring the competencies that will naturally build it.

Alex Hormozi also says that people often want results – they want your trophies, your achievements – but they are not ready to go through the journey you took to achieve them. The same applies to self-confidence. Do you want it? Start acting. Every day, provide yourself with evidence that you are becoming a better person in a given field. You don’t need to have a perfect plan – just start.

Readiness for challenges is the result of daily work

Would you like to wake up one day and run an ultra race? Maybe you think that self-confidence will allow you to finish it. However, what will really get you through it are the days, weeks, and months of work – even when you don’t feel like training. Self-confidence is not something you need on race day. It comes when you build your skills every day and know that you can rely on yourself.

You don’t have to be a hundred percent prepared to start – but you must be ready to do something every day towards your goal. On race day, exam day, important presentation, or business meeting, self-confidence is just an addition to what you have already built through daily work.

Now draw conclusions from this text. And they are obvious. Instead of investing in courses that promise to improve self-confidence, invest your time in perfecting real skills. Self-confidence is not a goal – it is the result of systematic action. Make sure that every day brings you evidence that you are developing. Then self-confidence will become a natural desired effect of your actions, and you will feel ready for challenges – both daily and great ones.

So now that I have helped you save money on another self-confidence course, allocate those funds to develop in a specific goal you want to grow in. And self-confidence will come as a result of expanding your competencies.