Trusting in your own abilities, accept your failings and not let fears and doubts get in your way. I tend to see confidence and fear as opposite poles.
2) Where does confidence come from?
From my last answer: lack of fear. Or not so much lack of fear, but the ability to stop fear interfering with your actions.
3) Can you think of someone who is completely confident?
No. But going by my previous answers, you'd have to be insane to be completely confident.
4) How can you tell if someone is confident or not?
They have their own opinions and aren't afraid of letting them be known, or of doing what they want to and not just going with the crowd. But equally, they're not afraid of listening to other people, being corrected or going with everyone else when they want to.
5) How do you feel when you talk to someone who is not at all confident?
It depends on the situation and the person. Sometimes I want to help them, but often I'm not quite sure how (often just asking questions and being interested in the answers helps). Sometimes it makes me self-conscious and gives me social anxiety. Sometimes it just annoys me.
6) Does a confident person always feel confident?
No. See (3). Even extremely confident people have doubts sometimes. And the state of your body can have huge affects on your state of mind (a fact I keep forgetting).
7) What is the difference between being confident and acting confident?
Acting confident is pretending that you're not scared of a situation while the fear is eating at you. Being confident is either not having the fear or being able to deal with it in a rational way and not let it get to you.
It's interesting, there seems to be a split between those who think acting confident can help you to be confident and those who don't. My opinion is that you can get confidence by succeeding at things, and if acting confident helps you succeed and push away the fear of failing that's all to the good. Although it's better to mix success and failure and realise that Getting It Wrong isn't something to be scared of.
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Trusting in your own abilities, accept your failings and not let fears and doubts get in your way. I tend to see confidence and fear as opposite poles.
2) Where does confidence come from?
From my last answer: lack of fear. Or not so much lack of fear, but the ability to stop fear interfering with your actions.
3) Can you think of someone who is completely confident?
No. But going by my previous answers, you'd have to be insane to be completely confident.
4) How can you tell if someone is confident or not?
They have their own opinions and aren't afraid of letting them be known, or of doing what they want to and not just going with the crowd. But equally, they're not afraid of listening to other people, being corrected or going with everyone else when they want to.
5) How do you feel when you talk to someone who is not at all confident?
It depends on the situation and the person. Sometimes I want to help them, but often I'm not quite sure how (often just asking questions and being interested in the answers helps). Sometimes it makes me self-conscious and gives me social anxiety. Sometimes it just annoys me.
6) Does a confident person always feel confident?
No. See (3). Even extremely confident people have doubts sometimes. And the state of your body can have huge affects on your state of mind (a fact I keep forgetting).
7) What is the difference between being confident and acting confident?
Acting confident is pretending that you're not scared of a situation while the fear is eating at you. Being confident is either not having the fear or being able to deal with it in a rational way and not let it get to you.
It's interesting, there seems to be a split between those who think acting confident can help you to be confident and those who don't. My opinion is that you can get confidence by succeeding at things, and if acting confident helps you succeed and push away the fear of failing that's all to the good. Although it's better to mix success and failure and realise that Getting It Wrong isn't something to be scared of.