Why do I need self confidence?

Confidence is one of those traits that can become an ethereal ideal that we all think is good, but ask us to point to the specific reasons why anyone should want it and we can only point to vague hypotheticals. read more

“If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life.” – Marcus Garvey. Well, the good news is that it is possible to build self confidence. To begin with, you are not born with low self confidence. It is not a birth defect or genetic failure that you cannot do anything about. read more

I do not consider self confidence as 'absolute', there are different level of self confidence. Your level of self confidence is determined by where you place yourself among your competitors (or others). I think that this 'comparison' instinct always exists, but you can choose to use it or not. So, in short, you may not need self confidence. read more