Why You're Not Confident
Some people seem to stride through life with confidence. For most people, however, confidence seems hard to find, but they get along well enough without it. Yet, confidence is still a big deal in self-help literature. Why? Self-confidence is related to performance: confident people do better in school and at work, and those achievements make them even more confident. It’s a perfect positive feedback loop. Confidence also predicts subjective happiness, which shouldn’t be surprising: it’s easier to be happy if you feel sure about your place in the world. So how can you get in on all that good stuff and be more confident? There are some surprisingly simple ways to grow your confidence if you know what you’re doing. What is Confidence Exactly? Confidence - or self-confidence if you want to be pedantic and psychological about it - is the belief in your own ability to succeed. There are two other concepts that are similar to confidence: self-esteem and self-efficacy. It’s important to achiev...