Quotes About Confidence

as it may be—matters. How you feel about your abilities—your academic "self-concept"—in the context of your classroom shapes your willingness to tackle challenges and finish difficult tasks. It's a crucial element in your motivation and confidence.

We start by believing. And we stop believing only when our doubts and misgivings rise to the point where we can no longer explain them away.

How you feel about your abilities—your academic "self-concept"—in the context of your classroom shapes your willingness to tackle challenges and finish difficult tasks. It's a crucial element in your motivation and confidence.

But the problem was, Sacks wasn't comparing herself to all the students in the world taking Organic Chemistry. She was comparing herself to her fellow students at Brown. She was a Little Fish in one of the deepest and most competitive ponds in the country—and the experience of comparing herself to all the other brilliant fish shattered her confidence. It made her feel stupid, even

Narcissists typically make judgments with greater confidence than other people… and, because their judgments are rendered with such conviction, other people tend to believe them and the narcissists become disproportionately more influential in group situations. Finally, because of their self-confidence and strong need for recognition, narcissists tend to "self-nominate"; consequently, when a leadership gap appears in a group or organization, the narcissists rush to fill it.

When we see the giant, why do we automatically assume the battle is his for the winning?

The first task of Blink is to convince you of a simple fact: decisions made very quickly can be every bit as good as decisions made cautiously and deliberately.

But remember, doubts are not the enemy of belief; they are its companion.

this is the assumption of transparency in action. We tend to judge people's honesty based on their demeanor. Well-spoken, confident people with a firm handshake who are friendly and engaging are seen as believable. Nervous, shifty, stammering, uncomfortable people who give windy, convoluted explanations aren't.

self-consciousness is the enemy of "interestingness.

point. You believe someone not because you have no doubts about them. Belief is not the absence of doubt. You believe someone because you don't have enough doubts about them.

One of the most important things is that you have to come across as being confident in what you are doing, and in who you are. How do you do that? Speak clearly and smile.' As he said that, Nolan Myers smiled. 'For a lot of people, that's a very hard skill to learn, but for some reason, I seem to understand it intuitively.

The irony, thought, is that that very desire for confidence is precisely what ends up undermining the accuracy of their decision

Here was the downside to Shirley Polykoff's world. You could get what you wanted by faking it, but then you would never know whether it was you or the bit of fakery that made the difference.

Her idea was that you should be whatever you want to be, including being a blonde.

I know how to ask for the money.' And that's the secret to the whole damn business.

You believe someone not because you have no doubts about them. Belief is not the absence of doubt. You believe someone because you don't have enough doubts about them.

Você acredita em alguém não porque não tenha dúvidas a respeito da pessoa. A crença não é a ausência de dúvida. Você acredita em alguém porque não tem dúvidas suficientes a respeito.

Some people had doubts about Sandusky. But remember, doubts are not the enemy of belief; they are its companion.

Goliath is not quite the giant he thinks he is.

Belief is not the absence of doubt. You believe someone because you don't have enough doubts about them.

Planes are safer when the least experienced pilot is flying, because it means the second pilot isn't going to be afraid to speak up.

What matters, in determining the likelihood of getting a science degree, is not just how smart you are. It's how smart you feel relative to the other people in your classroom.

As long as you are convinced you have never done anything, you can never do anything.