Confidence

Many people say someone or a group is over confident in pursuing an objective to its logical conclusion.

There is nothing like over confidence or under confidence in dictionary. Confidence denotes the ability to gather resources and skills to achieve an objective or a goal. The people who do it, know very well that they are capable of succeeding in their attempt. They believe they have the skills or expertise. For an outsider, evaluating an individual or a group to be confident or over confident is more due to a perception of strengths and weaknesses of people attempting a goal. Their perception may not be always correct yet they discourage any such attempt.

Confidence is belief and belief is an awareness of inner strength and to know what is possible or not. A student is always in top 5 in a class and if he or she believes she could be the top student in the class, then it is a belief of own ability. On the contrary if he or she is in the bottom 10 in a class, believing that he or she could top the class is said to be over confident by others.

Know your strength and skills before believing in your ability to succeed.

Confidence is always a positive feel and cultivating it helps in dealing with people the right way. It shouldn’t be construed as arrogance but plain belief in oneself.

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent” – Eleanor Roosevelt.