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Whether inflated self-regard is a thin cover for inadequacy or an inflated and unwarranted confidence, it’s at least as dysfunctional as insecurity.
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…the more you imagine something, the more confident you become that it really happened – the more likely you are to inflate it into an actual memory, adding details as you go.
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When confidence and convictions are unleavened by humility, by an acceptance of fallibility, people can easily cross the line from healthy self-assurance to arrogance.
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If we can resist the temptation to justify our actions in a rigid, overconfident way, we can leave the door open to empathy and an appreciation of life’s complexity, including the possibility that what was right for us might not have been right for others.
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Real or perceived, when there is danger, we act from a place of fear rather than confidence.
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A little awareness, a little empathy, it doesn’t make us soft. It gives us confidence. Now we see what’s really there. Now everyone else is more scared than we are.
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It doesn’t matter who or how many come at you, you have to be you. Confidently. Authentically. Bravely.
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Fear leads to aversion. Aversion to cowardice. Repetition leads to confidence. Confidence leads to courage.
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No one is ever going to pay you for something that you don’t have the confidence to charge for.
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You have to know how to make progress and also how to mitigate the risks you’ve identified. You don’t want to confidently walk over a cliff edge.
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