I've Been Scared of My Own Potential | Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps has worked the Met Gala, styled Erykah Badu on tour, and run a Balenciaga store through the worst year that brand ever had. Forty five minutes into this conversation he said nobody has ever asked him to talk about himself. Not once. People ask about his process, his clients, his craft. Never him. What follows is two hours about a full ride scholarship he never auditioned for, a mother who left his play early, coming out at thirty and calling it the first time he accepted himself, and a single word he said more than a dozen times without ever hearing it. If you have gotten good at something and noticed that people only ever ask you about the something, this one is for you. REAL with Rocky is a conversation about the identity you were handed and the one you get to choose. New episodes every other Wednesday. Free book: rockygarza.com/confidence Michael: @mike_p_helps 00:00 Thirty minutes before I'm a dad 01:20 An old school thinker in a new age 05:07 Nobody tells you you have to be okay with being broke 08:35 Balenciaga, and the day I was done 13:03 The uncertainty nobody warns you about 14:29 We are one hundred percent regular 16:58 A Black gay man who loves Jesus 19:13 I'm the shit, I just ain't got no money 23:44 Admitting that I already know 27:56 Humility is a sword 32:44 Religion made self confidence feel like the devil 33:24 Coming out at thirty 35:15 Trying is not doing 37:32 Who you've been, who you are, who you're becoming 38:31 The word you've said the most 39:28 Scared of my own potential 40:46 The play she left early 44:00 The space between capacity and expectation 47:22 Nobody has ever asked me about me 49:45 You don't need me 51:36 It's not your job to protect me from my thoughts 53:17 Confidence is the belief that something is good 57:32 Am I wanted in my silence