Dear Cindy: How do I get more confident?

On not giving a damn what people think

Cindy, how did you get to be so confident? And how can I be as confident as you? I know you say you don’t give a damn about what other people think - I find it really hard to do that. How can I get there?

I’m asked some variant on this all the time - in media interviews, in comments on my social media posts, in Q&A sessions when I speak publicly, in conversations.

I’m a big fan of radical simplicity. I like to keep things very simple. My answers to these questions are very simple.

Whenever I’m asked ‘How did you get to be so confident?’, my answer is always, “Sixty-three years of life.”  Because that really is how. Take it from me, the older you get, the better life gets - including gaining the confidence of understanding what really matters, and discarding what doesn’t. Embrace getting older, and my hashtags #LiveOlder and #SayYourAge, because with age and experience comes everything you need to be more confident. This is me for my friend Margit Detweiler’s TueNight on why I want you to #SayYourAge.