Having low confidence can be a good thing.

[Street Messiah]

There's some truth to this but it doesn't work how you think it does.

How are you going to tell me how I think it does?

 

[TEH]

Insightful



/ Obvious

We should strive for competence not confidence but that goes against what my favorite YouTube influencers told me


But this is TLR … I hope you’re not expecting most people to read that wall of text …

anyway … anyone else watching a movie while posting?

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

basically we should identify our weaknesses and if they cannot be corrected, we should acknowledge we have low confidence in that area. I’ve admittedly spoken in threads I’ve had confidence in but had no clue about the subject matter.

With that said, having low confidence overall is NOT a good thing.

I mean good in the sense that it's a signal which points to areas in your life that you haven't mastered yet. If you did not experience the discomfort of low confidence, you'd probably be oblivious to these realities which would cause you much greater harm in the long run.

A lot of ignorant ppl are unaware of their ignorance so they never address it. A lot of cowards don't know that they're cowards until the moment of truth comes and they are exposed. Knowing your flaws is half the battle.

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

Insightful

But this is TLR … I hope you’re not expecting most people to read that wall of text …

anyway … anyone else watching a movie while posting?

I enjoy making thoughtful posts from time to time

 

[Jasonmask]

Op got a point that confidence is most likely ego there’s a difference

 

[RaspberryFitted]

I mean good in the sense that it's a signal which points to areas in your life that you haven't mastered yet. If you did not experience the discomfort of low confidence, you'd probably be oblivious to these realities which would cause you much greater harm in the long run.

A lot of ignorant ppl are unaware of their ignorance so they never address it. A lot of cowards don't know that they're cowards until the moment of truth comes and they are exposed. Knowing your flaws is half the battle.

I agree. Self-awareness is the first step to progression. A common issue many individuals face is that discomfort of low confidence but accept it as fact, rather than seeing if it’s fixable.

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

I agree. Self-awareness is the first step to progression. A common issue many individuals face is that discomfort of low confidence but accept it as fact, rather than seeing if it’s fixable.

Yeah, they think confidence is just a feeling that you either have or don't. But true confidence is always rooted in competence. Otherwise it's nothing but delusion.

 

[Hoodoo Child]

I mean, you can be aware of your weaknesses, and still have confidence towards self improvement. I don't recommend dwelling in defeat/self doubt.

 

[International Playa]

True Confidence is EVERYTHING in life.

It determines the destiny of your life.

 

[MasterThought]

I think your moreso speaking about the concept of being self-aware and knowing yourself and your limitations.

Being self-aware can also be a self-preservation tool to avoid certain situations.

If you know you can't swim or are a horrible swimmer , then you probably wanna think extremely hard before you jump in the water to attempt to save someone else.

I get what you're saying OP

 

[Gritsngravy]

This is some super goofy shyt to say

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

I mean, you can be aware your weaknesses, and still have confidence towards self improvement. I don't recommend dwelling in defeat/self doubt.

That's not what I'm proposing though breh. I'm saying having low confidence is a sign that you should be doing something to improve. A lot of brehs just focus on the symptom (low confidence) when they should be focusing on the core issue: low competence.

 

[Cloutius Maximus]

I mean, you can be aware your weaknesses, and still have confidence towards self improvement. I don't recommend dwelling in defeat/self doubt.

this.

you need a base level of confidence or you won't even have the energy to fix your life. Why bother practicing your social skills if you feel you are defective and nothing will help?

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

I think your moreso speaking about the concept of being self-aware and knowing yourself and your limitations.

Being self-aware can also be a self-preservation tool to avoid certain situations.

If you know you can't swim or are a horrible swimmer , then you probably wanna think extremely hard before you jump in the water to attempt to save someone else.

I get what you're saying OP

True. If you know you are a horrible swimmer, then your focus should be on becoming a better swimmer. Not on making yourself feel better about being a bad swimmer. In fact, that bad feeling is good because it alerts you to the importance of learning how to swim.

 

[Duke Wy Lin]

this.

you need a base level of confidence or you won't even have the energy to fix your life. Why bother practicing your social skills if you feel you are defective and nothing will help?

But that level of despair is itself a byproduct of viewing confidence as a state of mind that's divorced from competence. If you believe that confidence comes from increased competence, you will understand that confidence can and will grow with competence. It's something that you can directly impact. If you're incompetent then you ought to lack confidence until your competence grows.