Are you Confident?

Confidence is the way you feel before you are fully aware of the situation

I was told that a long time ago and it usually holds water. Not as well as my socks on a hot day, but still pretty well.

I have always been self-couscious and shy espically when I first met someone new. After I get to know someone though I am more confident and I am not as shy.

When it comes to some things I'm confident. Others...not so much. I'm mostly shy and introverted, however, I've learned to overcome my shyness a little bit. Now, I can talk to strangers, which is something I used to not be so good at. Sometimes, I think the people who appear extremely confident are actually the most self-conscious. And the people who don't speak the loudest are pretty confident. You know, the kind of person who, whenever they do speak up, always has something meaningful to say. I guess it all just depends on the person. I have a friend, I love her to death, but she NEVER stops talking. Although most people are turned off by her overly confident attitude, I know that she's really insecure about herself. She's told me. Hope I helped.:)

I went from somewhat extroverted to extremely introverted to somewhere in between. and I'm confident about some things and not so much others...

Yes normally I'm a confident person, even like now I'm going thru some hard times, being laid off since last October. I know eventually It will get better and I'll get back in the game! I've been this way all my life, I played hockey for 12 years and am a pretty big guy, I think that had a lot to do with it! I've had to speak in front of large crowds and have been to some meetings with high rollers and had to speak in front of them, I've met a lot of movie stars and spoke to them with confidence so here I am! tdemex

I am not confident. I am shy and just quiet, especially after several traumas. I can't change it, it's my inborn, but i can change it a little since married. Maybe i can be more extrovert after i got my second child. You know mom...liked to gossip. Being a mom is making me more brave also, cause i have to protect my child at one point.

Hey bree! I think that I have always been a little bit of
both! But, when I was younger I was definitely more of an
introvert. I was very shy and afraid to speak my mind, but
yet when I was in class at school I was one of the class big
mouths and clown and would always get in trouble! So this
would kind of confuse me! And as I got older I became very
much of a big mouth and someone to be reckoned with! I had
taken so much sh1t and abuse when I was in school that I
became so defensive that I had totally changed into a complete
beotch! And I really wasn't like that it was just a wall or
persona I had to put up so that no one would hurt me again!
I have now calmed down and am no longer like that, but if
someone pushes me I will push back! I am totally confident
and will not take crap from anyone no matter who it is! I
almost once got arrested for talking back to a cop! But, this
was still in my not so calm days!

I think I'm a confident person now (I'm 51) - but I'm sure I wasn't when I was younger. As you get older, you don't care so much about what people think - nor do you feel you should keep up with people, or be a trendsetter, or conform to certain standards. I love being older, because I can wear what's comfortable and do what I like without anyone noticing (or caring). It's great! However, I probably am a bit shy and a bit of a loner - I really love my own company, and I've never been bored for a minute!

I believe I am extrovert. I am easy to get along. What they see is what they get. They can talk to me anytime. I am usually shy at first, when I don't know the people around me, but it someone stands as an icebreaker he or she will not fail. I will entertain her or him. About being confident, When I want what I am doing I am confident. I never been an introvert.

I used to be so shy that I wouldn't even walk into a store alone. Now I'm more outgoing to the point that I'll speak up and even go in places alone. I don't know what changed me so much but I feel a lot less stressed now.

~~AT PEACE WITHIN~~

**STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS**