Tuesday, 17 January 2012

Confidence, or Arrogance?

I have been wondering, just where does the difference lie?

So heres my take on it, after reading up a little on what the Word says.

If you are confident,  I believe it means that you have stopped and evaluated or have gathered your resources, and the situation you're facing, and believe that with those resources, you will be able to face it. Thus, confidence is usually described or seen as being "calm, yet ready". There is one more point, but first, what is arrogance?

Arrogance, oh it is easy to fall into this pit of pride. Arrogance is the sweet notion that you will certainly be able to handle things on your own, it is the ego-food that looks at another and goes "I'm better". There are many more words of pride: "I deserved this", "You don't meet my standards", "I can do this on my own", "I dont need help". Even giving up is a form of pride. To be clear, there is a difference between letting go of something hurtful, and letting fear overcome your decisions.

That last point about confidence, is that there is a confidence in looking at yourself and going, hey, I can't do this alone, I need help. This is the kind of confidence that is not afraid to seek support, that realises what it takes to get things done, and pursues obtaining it.  But when you obtain it, do remember oh remember who enabled it. I think true confidence is, always humble. If that makes sense.

What do you guys think?

and as Brandon said, where do you draw the line?

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