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Confidence

Confidence

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Aaron Linkemyer
Sep 17, 2025
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Confidence is accumulated by overcoming obstacles, solving problems, knowledge of self, knowledge of the world around you, having faith everything will work out and the ability to face your fears. You can't have bravery without fear. Accomplishing tasks and meeting your goals build confidence. Creating things also brings confidence. You don't need an audience to build confidence.

Confident people don't feel the need to diminish anyone else's confidence. Only the insecure do that. A confident person might try to lift up a destructive insecure person, because they are confident that they can. Confidence is also standing tall when the insecure try to bring you down to their level.

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