You Can’t Be the Leader You Admire While Hiding in the Shadows.
- Kasturi

- Jul 31
- 3 min read
Reclaim your confidence throne with this special audit!

There are days you walk into a room and it feels like the Small Council has convened just to hear you speak. You own your presence. You trust your decisions. You don’t question your worth before every sentence. That, my friend, is what confidence feels like when it’s ruling.
And then there are other days…
Days when you overthink every word, dodge visibility like it's wildfire, and quietly hand over your power without even noticing. You go from Daenerys riding dragons to Sansa silently surviving. Still strong, but playing defence.
That’s what happens when confidence slips. You don’t just feel unsure, you feel dethroned. Like the crown is sitting in another room, on someone else’s head, and you’re out here folding scrolls and fetching tea.
But Here’s What They Don’t Tell You in Westeros:
Confidence isn’t a birthright. It’s not reserved for the chosen few. And it’s definitely not something that magically returns when someone else tells you you're worthy. It is a system. A strategy. A throne you claim and reclaim, as many times as you need.
Just like no one holds the Iron Throne for long (RIP to all those plotlines), no one holds unshakeable confidence forever. It ebbs. It returns. It adapts with every new challenge, every twist in the plot. And when you stop checking in with yourself? That’s when your confidence starts forming secret alliances with your self-doubt.
So, How Do You Reclaim the Throne?
You don’t need a dragon.
You don’t need a crown forged in fire.
You just need a little time… and an honest audit.
Enter: The Confidence Audit.
This isn’t about proving yourself or listing accomplishments like you’re at a performance review with the Hand of the King. This is a quiet return. A private council meeting with yourself.
When we’re navigating life: leadership, career moves, difficult choices, burnout, back-to-back meetings without time to pee, it’s easy to go months without asking, "Where am I feeling powerful? And where am I quietly playing small?"
This audit gives you the space to actually answer, to really understand yourself. Because that’s what real leaders do: they assess, recalibrate, and rise again, stronger, wiser, and far less likely to be manipulated by their own inner Cersei.

Once you have this filled out, answer the following questions:
What’s one area you rated highest?
What makes you feel strong there?
What’s one area you rated low?
What do you wish you felt in that area?
Now that you have these answers, pause, breathe, and reflect on how you can start ‘feeling’ this way in other areas of your life.
What do you need to START doing to make that happen?
What do you need to STOP doing?
What do you need to CONTINUE doing?
This is your leadership strategy. Your inner compass. No war councils, no power games, just clarity, alignment, and self-respect. And remember, this audit won’t magically fix everything. It’s not meant to. It'll help you re-center, remind you, and reintroduce you to your own capacity.... to reclaim your throne.
Share this with someone who’s forgotten they were born to rule over their own story.
The crown isn’t lost.
You just haven’t worn it in a while.




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