Man and confidence.

India
January 22, 2011 11:47pm CST
Confidence is good. It helps in the success of a man in life. But over-confidence is bad. It may ruin a person. Do you agree?
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13 responses
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
23 Jan 11
Confidence is good. Ego is the enemy.
• India
23 Jan 11
When confidence exceeds one's capabilities and limitations, it becomes an ego which is nothing but an enemy to the person concerned.
@_sketch_ (5742)
• United States
23 Jan 11
But how can one's capabilities and limitations be measured? If the majority doubt you, but you still believe in yourself, is your confidence exceeding your capabilities and limitations?
@pogi253 (1586)
• Philippines
23 Jan 11
Overconfidence - overconfidence is not good.
Confidence is not a bad thing. Confidence becomes a real problem when it becomes overconfidence. Sorry to say, roughly everyone overestimates their capabilities, in particular those with the self confidence to be in the market in the first place. For instance, the enticing majority of people, when asked, will tell you that they are outstanding drivers, and yet it doesn't take much thinking to realize that in every sample, at least half of all drivers will be below average.
• India
23 Jan 11
I also agree with you. Everyone should be well aware of his capabilities, he should know his limitations and always act within his capabilities and limitations. It is also an art to know one's capabilities and limitations.
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
28 Jan 11
I really hate people who so-called very confident! Those people are usually arrogant and think their sh&t doesn't stink! I really am disgusted at people like that! I try to to ignore people like that! The thing about some of these people is they REALLY thing they are PERFECT! No one is! Yikes! Then there are people who act arrogant but arnet! They do it because they want people to believe they are! Their act is so bad you can see right through them! I don't like people like that either!
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Jan 11
I believe that you are exactly right. I think that we do have to have a certain degree of confidence to be able to succeed in our lives. However, as human beings, I think it is equally important to realize that we don't now, nor will we ever be able to have a full grasp on everything that we encounter in our lives. The reason for that is that the world is much too complex a place to be able to fully understand everything. It is people that think that they know everything that fail ultimately in life.
@tkonlinevn (6271)
• Vietnam
24 Jan 11
If over-confidence is cocksure, you're right. I agree with you that cocksure can make a person loose himself.
@chayapathys (2111)
• India
25 Jan 11
Yes what you say is correct.As a matter of fact anything is good but overdose is bad.Similarly over confidence is certainly bad.Generally proud people who over estimate their capacities are over confident.Experience shows that over confident people are not generally successful in their lives.That ego works against them.Confident people are always welcome in the society..
• United States
23 Jan 11
I agree, But it isn't just men , Women can be overconfident too. what it does is make a person disregard the little things and take many things and people for granted.
@GreenMoo (11834)
23 Jan 11
One needs a certain amount of confidence in one's self to succeed and move forward. Over confidence becomes bad when it makes you reckless or unpopular. Many people find someone who is overconfident threatening.
@celticeagle (158485)
• Boise, Idaho
23 Jan 11
Yes, I do agree. Confidence is a positive thing in anyone's personality. But when it becomes to strong a person can seem to have a cocky attitude or to be self absorbed. I don't know anyone that likes this type of person except themselves. Many people work at confidence and to go over and to the extreme isn't good.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
23 Jan 11
Having confidence is always good, when you are over confident, the most important is that you need to be careful of what you do, always take precaution when you are over confident.
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
23 Jan 11
Over bearing is not a positive attitude. It draws people away from you. It can make you a pain in the neck to others and that surely put you in the background where success is concern.
@xinshunhe (132)
• China
23 Jan 11
everyone has its own destiny,although,problems occur on the way going. It comes to our attention that most people would like to make friends with the confident man,even though the man over-confidence.we would help those people when they got frustrated. I'm seeing this thing on the different side.
• India
23 Jan 11
yes over confidence makes man faliure.so dont over confidence..