Reasonable Doubt

The Constructive Power of Self-Doubt

Confidence may propel us forward, but doubt spurs us to prepare

Rainesford Stauffer
Forge
Published in
6 min readFeb 19, 2019

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“Y“You have to believe in yourself!” my ballet teacher announced. I was 12 years old and heading into my first big audition. I had an identifying number pinned to my chest so the judges could call out “number 72, number 98, and number 102, thank…

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Rainesford Stauffer
Forge
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Author of An Ordinary Age, out 5/4/2021. Freelance writer. Kentuckian.