I have the confidence to state that many people I see in therapy confuse confidence with conceitedness.
That’s why I have this on hand when the issue of confidence comes up:
People often confuse those two scales of insecurity-confidence and humility-conceitedness, fearing that they will quickly tip from insecurity into conceitedness. Indeed, I have confidence in predicting that discussions about gaining confidence will result in somebody saying, “I don’t want to be obnoxiously conceited like so-and-so.”
I also notice that people I work with are very worried about being overconfident but not so worried about being under-confident. I am confident in pointing out that being under-confident is at least as harmful to oneself as being overconfident, but I am not confident that people believe me about that.
I am confident that people will get something out of my images for today.
I’m confident that I will get to know my customers today (I facilitate two groups on Thursdays) and that I will give somebody a high five.
Here’s what I find on YouTube when I search for “confidence.”
I have confidence that I will appreciate any comment you have the confidence to leave, below.
Thanks to all who help me gain more confidence here every day, including YOU.
I am confident I will now choose between a can that will squirt for me some real cheese or a container that will allow me to spread out port wine cheese spread on some crackers on my next trip to the supermarket, Ann. See what your photos can do?
Confidence could be useful for me today, Ann. Thank you for reminding me to whip up a fresh batch.
I live by “It’s only bragging if you cannot do it”
Conceit is one thinking they are better when they aren’t.
I am confident that today’s Daily Bitch is frighteningly accurate!
I felt confident enough today to send something to McSweeney’s. I’m not conceited enough to think they’ll accept it, but I hope they will, and hope is where confidence starts.
I do feel confident that cheese in most any form will make me happy and I am confident that I would love to have those finger monkeys as my friends.
I am as confident that Ronna knows full well she is lying through her teeth yet does not care, and I adore those finger monkeys…☺️
I am confident that facts trump (no pun intended) fiction, but only when we agree on what the facts are. It is a fact that truthiness has created a parallel universe that seems real to some yet is unmatched in reality.