I think the potential for it comes up mostly in decision making situations, so I consider it the feeling of resoluteness that comes from making a choice of re/action that when weighed against other possible choices has the greatest possibility for success (however success is defined in that situation).
That's not to say the choice you're confident of is actually the best one. You may have been fooling yourself/telling yourself what you want to hear.
2) Where does confidence come from?
Compiling/observing enough mistakes that you eventually learn which course of action in a given situation is the jinkiest. Yeah, that's right. I said jinkiest.
This can be underwritten by your actual desires acting towards self-delusion, but it doesn't have to be.
3) Can you think of someone who is completely confident?
If I can, it's only because I don't know them well enough.
4) How can you tell if someone is confident or not?
If they look/act certain of how to proceed in a given situation.
Given how I define confidence, it's not something that's a constant state. If someone tries to convince me that with them it is, I'm going to think either that they are either the diametric opposite and trying really hard not to let the cracks show, or they're deluded to a possibly dangerous degree.
I blame U.S. politics for thinking this.
5) How do you feel when you talk to someone who is not at all confident?
It depends how that manifests itself, and what our relationship is. If this is someone who is senior to me, who I am supposed to be going to for guidance or advice and instruction (manager, tutor, etc), it cheeses me off to no end.
If it's a social situation, they have an equal chance of triggering maternal impulses and making me seriously impatient. Depends on the details, and my mood.
6) Does a confident person always feel confident?
I'm not going to pretend I can reach into other people's heads. I doubt it, though.
and my own one for number 7:
7) What is the difference between being confident and acting confident?
You can break down the act pretty quickly if you ask the right questions.
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I think the potential for it comes up mostly in decision making situations, so I consider it the feeling of resoluteness that comes from making a choice of re/action that when weighed against other possible choices has the greatest possibility for success (however success is defined in that situation).
That's not to say the choice you're confident of is actually the best one. You may have been fooling yourself/telling yourself what you want to hear.
2) Where does confidence come from?
Compiling/observing enough mistakes that you eventually learn which course of action in a given situation is the jinkiest. Yeah, that's right. I said jinkiest.
This can be underwritten by your actual desires acting towards self-delusion, but it doesn't have to be.
3) Can you think of someone who is completely confident?
If I can, it's only because I don't know them well enough.
4) How can you tell if someone is confident or not?
If they look/act certain of how to proceed in a given situation.
Given how I define confidence, it's not something that's a constant state. If someone tries to convince me that with them it is, I'm going to think either that they are either the diametric opposite and trying really hard not to let the cracks show, or they're deluded to a possibly dangerous degree.
I blame U.S. politics for thinking this.
5) How do you feel when you talk to someone who is not at all confident?
It depends how that manifests itself, and what our relationship is. If this is someone who is senior to me, who I am supposed to be going to for guidance or advice and instruction (manager, tutor, etc), it cheeses me off to no end.
If it's a social situation, they have an equal chance of triggering maternal impulses and making me seriously impatient. Depends on the details, and my mood.
6) Does a confident person always feel confident?
I'm not going to pretend I can reach into other people's heads. I doubt it, though.
and my own one for number 7:
7) What is the difference between being confident and acting confident?
You can break down the act pretty quickly if you ask the right questions.