Self-confidence
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The socio-psychological concept of self-confidence relates to self-assuredness in one's personal judgment, ability, power, etc., sometimes manifested excessively.[1]Being confident in yourself is infectious if you present yourself well, others will want to follow in your foot steps towards success.[2]Inaccurate self-evaluation is commonly observed in healthy populations. In the extreme, large differences between oneʼs self-perception and oneʼs actual behavior is a hallmark of a number of disorders that have important implications for understanding treatment seeking and compliance.[3]
Source of self confidence
Professor Raj Persaud posits that true self confidence comes from an attitude where you:
Promise yourself, no matter how difficult the problem life throws at you, that you will try as hard as you can to help yourself. You acknowledge that sometimes your efforts to help yourself may not result in success, as often being properly rewarded is not in your control.[4]
See also
- Confidence (often equivalent to self-confidence)
- Hubris or vanity (excessive self-confidence)
- Self-esteem (conceit, or favourable opinion of oneself, or self-acceptance).
- Self-efficacy (confidence about specific skills)
References
- ^ The Macquarie Dictionary. Compare The Dictionary of Psychology by Raymond Joseph Corsini. Psychology Press, 1999. ISBN 158391028X. Online via Google Book Search.
- ^ Rowh, M. (2006). "HOW'S YOUR CONFIDENCE?". Career World. 35 (2): 20.
{{cite journal}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ {{Beer J, Lombardo M, Bhanji J. Roles of Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Orbitofrontal Cortex in Self-evaluation. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience [serial online]. September 2010;22(9):2108-2119. Available from: Academic Search Premier, Ipswich, MA. Accessed October 1, 2011.}}
- ^ Raj Persaud. The Motivated Mind. p. 295.
External links
- "Lack of self-confidence", a Buddhist view.
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