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Confidence is trust or faith that a person or thing is capable. '''Self-confidence''' is having confidence in oneself. '''Overconfidence''' is having too much confidence. CONFIDENCE Several dimensions to confidence exist. Confidence Club, an online resource, defines confidence in terms of five subcategories - social confidence, peer independence, physical presence, stage presence and status confidence. Confidence can give people more courage, and thus confidence is often viewed as a key to happiness and inner fulfilment. Although confidence is often encouraged and celebrated, it is not vital to success. People who are cautious and analytical can achieve as much success as bold and impulsive people. Extroverts are not always confident, and introverts are not necessarily lacking confidence. Yet, confidence, especially self-confidence, is often viewed as a positive trait. SELF-CONFIDENCE Generally speaking, self-confidence is a perception of an ability that one believes should normally be prevented by fear. Self-confidence is generally preceived as having the courage to talk in front of a large number of people, the willingness to try something new, the willingness to go against what others are thinking or doing, the ability to comfortably do something one thought he could not do and/or the willingness to explore what has not been explored. One who is self-confident is not necessarily loud and brash, or always ready to do reckless things in front of other people. OVERCONFIDENCE Having too much confidence in another person or thing can lead to overdependence on them, as well as disappointment if they prove to be undependable. Improperly placed confidence can lead to being taken advantage of. ŰExaggerated self-confidence can cause one to overestimate one's own abilities. This could lead one to attempt tasks that one cannot succeed at, or appear arrogant and conceited in the judgement of others. See Also: Hubris Overconfidence effect LOSING CONFIDENCE Losing confidence is no longer trusting in the ability to perform. It may be reasonable as the result of past failure to perform, or unresonable, because one "just has a feeling" about something. Choking refers to losing confidence, especially self-confidence, just at the moment when it is needed most and doing poorly as a result e.g. In Sports . This is found as a common plot device in literature and film, and is usually devised to result in a total alteration of a character's life. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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