A Battle-Tested Guide To Unshakable Confidence - Dr Nate Zinsser - #430

**Chris Williamson** (0:00)
What's happening, people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Dr. Nate Zinsser. He's the Director of West Point's Performance Psychology Program, a mental performance coach, and an author. Having genuine faith in our abilities is a trait all of us want. To be able to step into our chosen arena and not only perform well, but to do it without dreading that we'll fail. Nate has coached some of the US Army's best and brightest for three decades, alongside world champion NBA, NHL, NFL, and track and field stars, to fulfill their potential and create true confidence. Expect to learn how to stop negative self-talk, why self-deception is a tool that you can use to enhance performance, what Dr. Zinsser learned about confidence from Lady Gaga, how to break negative performance cycles, how to overcome negative experiences, how to deal with imposter syndrome, Dr. Zinsser's daily practices to tie everything together, and much more. This episode is exactly the sort of shit that I'm here for, just real good fundamental understandings of the principles that underpin something everybody wants, which is confidence, and then some easy to apply practices that help you to instantiate it on a daily basis. Some great stories from sport and history and army life that help to drive it home. Dr. Zinsser has served the cult well, and for that he can now become an honorary member. So welcome Dr. Zinsser. In other news, this episode is brought to you by the Six Minute Diary. If you are not doing a gratitude practice, then you are fundamentally limiting how happy you can be. Gratitude is the basis upon which happiness is built, and I have never found an easier way to do gratitude than the Six Minute Diary. It's a simple and science-backed journal for a happier and more fulfilled life. More than one and a half million people have used it worldwide. It's recommended by psychologists and therapists all over the world, using the proven principles of positive psychology to help you live your life more consciously and happily. Helps you to focus on progress and the good things in life in easy portions of three minutes in the morning and three minutes in the evening. You can discover what really makes you happy and bring more of that into your life. It's, I think, 18 pounds 50 for six months of journaling and self-care made easy using science-backed data. So, there's not really any reason not to do it. Also, you can get 15% off everything site-wide by going to bit.ly slash Diary Wisdom. That's bit.ly slash Diary Wisdom and the code MW15 at checkout gets you 15% off everything. They've got a journal for kids. They've got a success journal if you want to focus on your daily planning as opposed to your gratitude and they have the original six-minute diary, bit.ly slash Diary Wisdom and MW15. In other other news, this episode is brought to you by Pure Sport CBD. You might be anxious, stressed or struggling to focus. Pure Sport's ultra high quality CBD can help to relax your mind and soothe your body. If you're struggling to switch off and sleep on a night time, that unwind blend is an all natural mix of valerian root and chamomile and lavender and vitamin B. I'm going to continue talking about it until you take it because if you're struggling to get to sleep on a night time, stay asleep throughout the night, or if you're waking up in the morning, not feeling rested and revitalized, this is an awesome place to start. Also, they have their roll ons and their freeze sprays. So if you are training a little bit hard, if you are looking to try and get rid of some muscular aches, they can soothe you with their balms and their direct CBD product, tinctures from 1500 milligrams all the way up to 3000 It is the highest quality CBD that you can get. Plus they have a really cool range of merch now as well. And you can get 20% off all full-priced items site-wide by going to bit.ly slash cbdwisdom. That's B-I-T dot L-Y slash cbdwisdom. And the code MW20 at checkout. Plus they ship internationally for £6.99. So no matter where you are, you can get this delivered direct to your door, bit.ly slash cbdwisdom and MW20 at checkout. But now it is time to learn the principles of genuine confidence with Dr. Nate Zinsser.
Dr. Nate Zinsser, welcome to the show.

**Nate Zinsser** (4:37)
Thank you, Chris, it's a pleasure to be here.

**Chris Williamson** (4:39)
What's your job at West Point, what do you do?

**Nate Zinsser** (4:41)
I direct a program of training and instruction in the intangible mental skills that are important for human performance. The skills that allow one to be confident, even though there are setbacks and difficulties in life. The attention skills that allow one to stay focused on what's important, even though there are a heck of a lot of distractions around us every day.