Believing In Yourself Is Overrated

There’s a better way

Ryan Holiday
Forge
Published in
6 min readAug 11, 2021

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“If I don’t believe in myself, who will?”

It’s a good question.

A seductive one. An empowering but innocuous phrase has been inscribed on a million inspirational quote images, been the subject of countless self-help books and TED Talks.

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Ryan Holiday
Forge
Writer for

Bestselling author of ‘Conspiracy,’ ‘Ego is the Enemy’ & ‘The Obstacle Is The Way’ http://amzn.to/24qKRWR