Talking about confidence

[chrisvenus]

I read something that suggested that finding out more about confidence from the point of view of others was helpful to building your own self-confidence. So here we go. I am at times very un-confident in myself so I am going to ask a few questions to get people going on the subject. If you want to add in more comments or questions then feel free. I have a vague feeling I did something similar before but now I'm copying from a book so it will be much better. Anonymous posting welcome if you don't want to put your name to your answers. :)

1) What do you think confidence is?

2) Where does confidence come from?

3) Can you think of someone who is completely confident?

4) How can you tell if someone is confident or not?

5) How do you feel when you talk to someone who is not at all confident?

6) Does a confident person always feel confident?

and my own one for number 7:

7) What is the difference between being confident and acting confident?


I will try to put up my own answers later but I don't have time right now.

Comments

[anotherusedpage.livejournal.com]

I realise I've missed out on the part of confidence which goes with knowing you are good at something. Like... for me, that would be playing music in front of large groups of people. I'll sing concerts having skipped all the rehearsals because I have the confidence to know I'll put all the notes in the right place anyway. That's just... acurate knowledge of what you know, and often that's a bluff anyway. Like, if you show up to that concert pretending you know all the notes, and you stand up on stage and look like a professional, people tend to assume you got all the notes right whether you did or not. That's why I think it's always a bluff and not a measure of skill. *shrug*