Don’t Tell Them How Good You Are. Show Them.

A Proactive Coaching podcast conversation between Lori Thomas and Proactive Coaching partner Rob Miller about the Playing with Confidence presentation and booklet. Topics covered: defining confidence (knowing you're prepared, focusing on performance over results); the difference between pressure and stress (Mark Dantonio's line); what low confidence and overconfidence look like; quiet inner confidence ("don't tell them — show them"); identifying what athletes worry about (fear of failure and fear of success); knowing your strengths and weaknesses (the Milwaukee Bucks camp left-hand story); Belief + Knowledge − Action = Nothing; controlling the controllables and avoiding external-factor excuses; self-talk swaps; confidence builders versus confidence cutters; the coach's and parents' roles in modeling poise; and confidence as a daily habit.