Tied to Metrics

Confidence Banking 101


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Are you letting one mistake define your entire track record? In the high-stakes world of finance, even the best investors wrestle with self-doubt. But what separates top performers from the rest isn’t the absence of doubt—it’s how they navigate through it. In this episode of Tied to Metrics, Kat Sosnick pulls back the curtain on the hidden struggles of high achievers and shares a powerful strategy to break free from the self-doubt cycle.


Key Points:

  • Even the best second-guess themselves. Legendary investors don’t operate with absolute certainty—they debate, analyze, and question their decisions just like you.
  • Good decisions can lead to bad outcomes. Markets don’t reward intelligence alone. A perfect trade can still go sideways, and self-doubt can make it worse if left unchecked.
  • The self-doubt trap is real. When one bad call shakes your confidence, you risk playing not to lose instead of playing to win.
  • Confidence banking is your way out. Track your wins—big and small—to counter recency bias and build a reserve of self-belief.
  • Trust the process, not your fear. The key isn’t eliminating doubt, but recognizing when it’s a distraction versus a signal.


    Resources

    Kat Sosnick on LinkedIn | Greene Street Coaching

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    Tied to MetricsBy Kat Sosnick