The Importance Of Confidence

“Confidence is key”. This is a phrase used time and time again to describe the importance of the outlook you have on yourself and how it shapes the way others perceive you. Confidence is something some people have and others do not, but it is something everyone can attain. When put in situations in which you feel pressure and want to succeed for example a presentation in front of the class, a job interview or even personal appearance there is often a feeling of judgment and fear of failure and these feelings can occur even to the most confident of people. The difference being that the people with confidence know that those moments are not the be all end all of their success and whether the class laughs at their work, they do not get the

The student sitting is class praying the teacher does not call on them because they are afraid to sound stupid in front of their classmates is cutting themselves down rather than building themselves up. They are automatically putting themselves on the bottom of the totem pole and assuming everyone is smarter than them. With confidence you are always your own biggest fan, because if you aren 't who is? There will be many others in the world that will tear you down, but if you continuously bring yourself up than you are open to so many more possibilities and greatness within your life. Confidence also has a major effect on the way others perceive you. For instance, if there are two college athletes fighting for one spot on the soccer team and both are on the same level talent wise who do you think the coach will chose, the player who claims they can do better and continues to try or the player who is embarrassed of their failure and wants to quit after a few missed

It expresses that if you are comfortable within yourself, than nothing anyone says to or about you will mean much. With confidence you are allowed to truly express yourself without regrets or fear of judgement and when you are judged you are able to take the opposing opinion and not let them affect you. Gaining confidence will not just help you mentally but can help you in many aspects of your life. If you pay attention closely you would realize most wealthy and successful people in the world are quite confidence as well. Maybe because they were raised with money and more opportunities or maybe they 're just lucky, but a great deal of success comes from confidence. Anyone who knows anything about comedy knows you have to have thick skin to be a stand up comedian, standing on stage in front of a audience of strangers and telling jokes that no one is laughing at could really make people question their skill. Famous actor/comedian failed countless times while attempting to get into the entertainment industry, sometimes even being booed off stage.. Fortunately with confidence like his he continued to attend open mic nights and auditioned for things like Saturday Night Live and although he once again failed and did not receive the part, he eventually did snag a part of the show and it started an extremely successful career for him in showbusiness. It is also shown in many cases