🎧 Episode 2 – Where confidence really comes from In this episode, Susie shares how confidence is built, not a personality trait you’re born with, but a skill you grow by taking action. Drawing from her journey from shy child to property developer, she explains why you shouldn’t wait to feel ready before doing something bold and how stepping out of your comfort zone repeatedly earns real confidence. Timestamps: 00:35 – Susie’s early lessons in confidence 02:09 – How small actions pushed her out of her comfort zone 03:35 – Confidence isn’t a personality trait — it’s earned 05:19 – Acting before feeling ready in business and property 07:13 – First stage experience: nerves, mistakes, and growth 08:27 – Your action step: do the thing that makes you uncomfortable 🎤 Book Susie Batista to Speak Bring Susie to your stage or podcast to inspire your audience with real stories about building wealth, confidence, and freedom. 📥 Download the Speaker Kit → susiebatista.com/speaker 📧 Bookings → bookings@susiebatista.com 💌 Join the Just Build It Newsletter Get exclusive behind-the-scenes insights, investing tips, and mindset tools — direct to your inbox. 👉 Subscribe here → susiebatista.com/newsletter Connect with Susie: Instagram | LinkedIn | YouTube | Website Transcript: Susie Batista (00:00) Welcome to the Just Build It podcast. I am your host, Susie Batista. Susie Batista (00:05) And before being a full-time property developer, I built and sold a luxury interior design firm. That chapter taught me far more than how to run a business. It taught me about standards, pressure, and confidence. This podcast is a space to talk honestly about money, mindset, and all the small decisions that shape our lives over time. If you're building something in business, in property, or in yourself, you're in the right place. This is Just Build It. Susie Batista (00:35) Welcome to episode 2 of the Just Build It podcast. Thank you for sticking around. I appreciate that. So this episode is all about confidence and where it really comes from. And some people may be surprised to hear that I was actually such a shy child. I, acutely shy, used to hide behind my parents' legs and just really not want to talk to anybody. I'd get dropped off at brownies or rainbows when they had events and there'd be people there that I didn't know, and I'd just be so upset. I was talking to my dad about this the other day, And I said, Dad, what did you use to think? He said, I'll be honest, I was worried about you. I was worried that you'd just turn into a really shy adult. So what he did is he started at a very early age to push me out of my comfort zone. So for example, we were walking home one day, I think I was about eight or nine, and somebody had left their keys in their car door. Yes, Gen Zs. That was a thing. You had to open up your car door with a set of keys, not just like a ding, ding. Susie Batista (02:09) Anyway, keys were in the car door and my dad said, Soos, go and knock on their front door. He stood at the end of the drive, go and knock on their front door, tell them that they've left their keys in their car. And for a very, very, very shy eight-year-old, can you imagine? But I did it because I respected my mum and my dad greatly. So I did it. And then afterwards, he said, How did that make you feel? I was like, Actually, really good. And you're like, Wow, I actually did it. And lots of little things like that along the way, always, you know, Sue's, go and ask the waitress over there
