What Does Confidence Mean to You?
Tue, 12/04/2012 - 23:55
For me, it's a word that has sorta evolved over the past couple years of my life but at this point I would say, for me, it's the following:
Confidence is simply the understanding that, "Fundamentally" you are OKAY.
That's it. Simple.
It's that feeling you get when you're in a crazy situation, some dude is about to beat the shit out of your friend and you step between them, you made a HUGE mistake at work and you know that you have to tell your boss but you also know that this mistake is a HUGE mistake and he's going to be rightfully pissed off, or you're walking into the club, completely out of state and you see a blonde BOMBELL in stillleto heals and you start walking towards her....
In all of these situations, it's that feeling you have where the fear only goes so deep. Like you feel that fear or whatever but then there is feeling of that fear literally HITTING A WALL.... like it just hits some imaginary wall and stops and no matter how crazy the situation gets, it's like there is just a certain point that it can't penetrate.
And you know what? THe best of us learn to operate in THAT zone... we learn to push ourselves to that wall and then just stay there and go about our lives at that point where the fear is there but it's hitting the wall and all that's left is the part of us it can't reach...
Confidence is simply the understanding that, "Fundamentally" you are OKAY.
That's it. Simple.
It's that feeling you get when you're in a crazy situation, some dude is about to beat the shit out of your friend and you step between them, you made a HUGE mistake at work and you know that you have to tell your boss but you also know that this mistake is a HUGE mistake and he's going to be rightfully pissed off, or you're walking into the club, completely out of state and you see a blonde BOMBELL in stillleto heals and you start walking towards her....
In all of these situations, it's that feeling you have where the fear only goes so deep. Like you feel that fear or whatever but then there is feeling of that fear literally HITTING A WALL.... like it just hits some imaginary wall and stops and no matter how crazy the situation gets, it's like there is just a certain point that it can't penetrate.
And you know what? THe best of us learn to operate in THAT zone... we learn to push ourselves to that wall and then just stay there and go about our lives at that point where the fear is there but it's hitting the wall and all that's left is the part of us it can't reach...
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 01:40
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Re: What Does Confidence Mean to You?
Pretty fucking cool post. I like how you described there being a part of yourself that the fear just doesn't reach. Awesome
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Wed, 12/05/2012 - 01:59
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Re: What Does Confidence Mean to You?
@buddhagames:
When you feel that NOTHING AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING holds you back irrespective of your situation
When you feel that NOTHING AND I MEAN ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING holds you back irrespective of your situation
Wed, 12/05/2012 - 02:52
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Re: What Does Confidence Mean to You?
Good post. I feel that after reaching that confidence, even when you are out of state you still have that wall.... and you may not be able to act your best out of state, you will certainly not be pushed around like a leaf on a wind.
Thu, 12/06/2012 - 12:11
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Re: What Does Confidence Mean to You?
@buddhagames:
To me confidence is 100% trust in your self and faculties. I like the way you described that fear doesn't touch a certain part of you, like a wall is there. cool stuff.
I like what Ray Lewis said in an interview, I'll paraphrase it:
"In 1993 I said something that caused, what some people call controversy. I call it confidence. I said 'I might be greatest player to ever walk up out of this universe and line'. I did NOT say that because I thought I was better than everybody else, I said that simply because I was willing to put in the work".
(Here's the link if you have 8 minutes to watch the inspiring and motivational speech By Ray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIu6jUomKCQ)
There's quite a few motivational vids from this guy. My favourite being one called RISE, that shit get's me pumped up to get shit done!
To me confidence is 100% trust in your self and faculties. I like the way you described that fear doesn't touch a certain part of you, like a wall is there. cool stuff.
I like what Ray Lewis said in an interview, I'll paraphrase it:
"In 1993 I said something that caused, what some people call controversy. I call it confidence. I said 'I might be greatest player to ever walk up out of this universe and line'. I did NOT say that because I thought I was better than everybody else, I said that simply because I was willing to put in the work".
(Here's the link if you have 8 minutes to watch the inspiring and motivational speech By Ray: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIu6jUomKCQ)
There's quite a few motivational vids from this guy. My favourite being one called RISE, that shit get's me pumped up to get shit done!