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Confidence is when you feel you can handle anything the world may throw at you. You walk sure of yourself, sure of your powers, sure of your ability to deal easily with any problem. Lack of confidence is when you don't feel this way, when you are afraid you may not be able to handle things that may come your way; when you are afraid you will fail and then have to face humiliation and rejection as a consequence. Confidence is certainty of success and lack of confidence is fear of failure. I can see a person who, as a child, found everything easy and was easily successful in all that he attempted, easily excelling others in everything, growing up to be a very confident person. And I can see a person who, as a child, found everything that he attempted difficult and hard to do, growing up lacking confidence in himself. The later was my case. Everything was hard for me; I had many weaknesses and inabilities. Dec 1986
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