<p>Where does your confidence come from?</p><p>Is it authority?</p><p>Is it something else?</p><p>That was a question I was asked recently and I’m answering it in this week’s podcast.</p><p>A listener asked:</p><p>&gt;&gt; When you stand up as a public speaker, how do you build your confidence? Through authority, or something else? And, if authority, is it internal or external authority?</p><p>What a question!</p><p>Listen in to hear my exploration, including:</p><ul><li><p>When external authority is important in building your confidence</p></li><li><p>How to build your internal authority</p></li><li><p>How to recognise the authority that others ascribe to you</p></li><li><p>Why using my ‘brag bag stories’ is a powerful way to build your confidence around your authority</p></li><li><p>Why the conversations you have repeatedly are often a source of fabulous authority (even if it seems too obvious to you).</p></li></ul><p>&gt;&gt; I would LOVE your help to celebrate <strong>200 episodes of Speaking with Confidence with Cat Matson</strong>. If you’re listening on a platform that allows comments, leave a ‘toast’ for the podcast that I can read out on the show, or ask me a question I can answer on episode 200!</p><p>If your podcast app doesn&#39;t let you leave comments, then ask your question or make a toast on this <a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXHE83xj2LG/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">instagram post</a>.</p><p>&gt;&gt; Want to know more about brag bag stories and establishing your authority? </p><p>Listen to episode 143 - How To Establish Credibility without sounding braggy - <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C2ap7T1cPRJUjkeOkcZoJ?si=mTF_fmvARqGXUD3rKHYU_g"><u>https://open.spotify.com/episode/7C2ap7T1cPRJUjkeOkcZoJ?si=mTF_fmvARqGXUD3rKHYU_g</u></a></p><p>And want to dive deeper into each podcast, work out loud with me and be the first to know of my events? Subscribe to my substack newsletter, Impactful, here <a href="https://catmatson.substack.com/"><u>https://catmatson.substack.com/</u></a> </p>