Why the need to fit in can quietly cost you your own opinions, and how to keep your own view in a room that pulls the other way.
Neil Martin · Beats, Business & Life
Confidence
This Is Me (The Reimagined Remix), and why it starts with you
Two lines from Missy Elliott’s verse on This Is Me, the track I pick for quiet confidence, and why backing yourself starts with you.
What I’d tell 25-year-old me about confidence and time
At 25 I looked confident and thought I had forever. Neither was true. Two things I’d tell my younger self, and a question that might help you spot the same in you.
My first YouTube video was a blender
April 2014: my first YouTube video, starring a blender. No face, no confidence, just an upload. What the reps built.
The less I try to impress, the more impressive I become
One of the biggest things I’ve learned in recent years. When I stopped trying so hard to impress people, things started to change.
Imposter syndrome means you care
For years I have told clients that imposter syndrome is a good thing. It shows you care. Here is why I believe it.
It’s So Easy and the confidence you have to work for
Why Duff McKagan’s recovery story is the best case I know for building confidence through work, routine and rituals.
Same Adidas Superstars, two different men
Two photos, about 12 years apart, the same trainers. What changed in between, and why your own story can help someone else.
Sit down and shut up: the chatterbox who found the stage
Told to sit down and shut up from my first day at school. Now the stage feels like home. Here’s what happened in between.
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Hi, I’m Neil
DJing since 1987, three decades in business, and the author of Done Beats Perfect. This is where I write it all down.