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

[sebastienne.livejournal.com]

1) What do you think confidence is? Not caring what other people think of you.

2) Where does confidence come from? A self-deluding arrogance.

3) Can you think of someone who is completely confident? no such thing

4) How can you tell if someone is confident or not? you can't. last night i had my heart broken at the realisation that someone i considered supremely confident was in fact breaking inside, and there was nothing i could do.

5) How do you feel when you talk to someone who is not at all confident? if i notice, i like to think i'd try to bring them out of themself; otherwise, they might come across as boring i suppose.

6) Does a confident person always feel confident? hell no.

7) What is the difference between being confident and acting confident? acting like you don't care what people say versus actually not caring; i find if you do the former often enough, the latter follows on behind.