What exactly defines Confidence, and how do you get it?

[Großmann]

The only reason I (partly) disagree with this is I knew a physics major in college who was someone you could describe as not being confident. Quiet, didn't contribute much to general conversation. But when it came to anything related to physics he was all over it, eager to share his knowledge and teach people about the subject. Not in a condescending way either, you could just tell that he really cared about physics and wanted to share that knowledge with people who were curious. So he was confident when it came to anything related to physics, but generally people wouldn't describe him as confident when non-physics subjects were discussed.

This is where perhaps self-esteem being a separate quality from confidence comes in. Maybe he suffered from self-esteem issues that caused him to be timid generally, but this was overcome on occasions where his confidence in his own abilities and knowledge was high, ie physics.

He lacked competence when it came to making conversation, which manifested by lack of confidence. the more you talk to people, the more you pick up on patterns in conversation and the better you get at expressing yourself in a way that’s interesting. In your physics friend’s case, he also probably had a narrow base of knowledge to draw from, which makes conversation harder if you don’t know what’s even going on.

 

[isalaide]

Confidence is a preference for the habitual voyeur

 

[Anasûrimbor Kellhus]

confidence is when you never look at or talk to people and only interact with e-drama addicted lolcow alogs online. Keep it up, kings and queens of the farms and slay.


in all seriousness Idk. Ive had times where Interacting I had no confidence and times where I have not, no idea its just vibes for me.