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# Confidence is the residue of confronted...
> Confidence is the residue of confronted difficulty: the person who stops lamenting what they cannot do and spends one long night learning it wakes up holding evidence about themselves, and the next hard task begins from that evidence instead of from fear.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Accountability, Self-Confrontation, and Conscious Change - Workbook|Accountability, Self-Confrontation, and Conscious Change]]
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“Confidence is the residue of confronted difficulty: the person who stops lamenting what they cannot do and spends one long night learning it wakes up holding evidence about themselves, and the next hard task begins from that evidence instead of from fear.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-confidence-residue-confronted-evidence-instead-fear
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