Comments on: How Important Is Self-Confidence?

By: Philip

Philip — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 06:33:55 +0000

Hi Jonathan,

1. On a scale of 1 – 4 I have to say that it’s a 4.
2. Be even happier than I am right now.
3. My question would be, Why did it take so many years for me to finally “get it”?
Kind regards Philip.

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By: Marta

Marta — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 13:04:53 +0000

Hi .
1: On a scale of 1 to 4, I feel that self confidence is a 3.
2: I would overcome my fears and look at my past without regrets .
3: I would like to know how to be confident no matter what.

By: prem

prem — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 10:11:53 +0000

Thank you for your reply Jonathan :
However when I see your statement in the beginning of this Article.

“In reality, self-confidence is often a more important asset than SKILLS knowledge, or even experience.”

Then this does not make much sense to me
“All of these are perception based and therefore under our control if we have the right skill set”

So Self confidence is greater than skillset and also for self confidence you need right skill set. ( Which comes first egg or Hen ?)

Don’t you think the people who are self confident are naturally confident without any extraordinary skill set. Because they are self confident so what ever to do they can do easily compare to people with low self confidence.

By: Sidik Ahmad

Sidik Ahmad — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 00:30:34 +0000

I see this especially in most students’ successes, it’s not only in their abilities or habits but it’s their self-confidence that is the basic reason they do well in school. Due to their confidence, they are not shy to ask questions, discuss and so on. This habit of believing in themselves will lead them to have more successes in their futures. Thanks and regards, Sidik

By: Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills

Jonathan - Advanced Life Skills — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 17:34:43 +0000

Greetings Prem, self confidence is based on our conclusions about our own abilities. These conclusions are influences by both external and internal factors. External influences include the results we have produced in the past and our assessment of them (whether we feel that we have succeeded or failed). Internal influences include our level of self-esteem and our assessment of our individual talents (strengths) and our shortcomings (weaknesses). All of these are perception based and therefore under our control if we have the right skill set.

By: prem

prem — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 08:03:40 +0000

Hello Jonathan,

Could you plz suggest on which factors self confidence depends ?
and among those factors which factors are actually under our control ?

Thanks in Advance

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