Confidence is trust or faith that a person or thing is capable. Self-confidence is having confidence in oneself. Overconfidence is having too much confidence with out being capable of.

Confidence

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Self-confidence is generally perceived as having the courage to talk in front of a large number of people, the willingness to try something new, the willingness to go against what others are thinking or doing, the ability to comfortably do something one thought he could not do and/or the willingness to explore what has not been explored. One who is self-confident is not necessarily loud and brash, or always ready to do reckless things in front of other people.

Losing confidence

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Losing confidence is no longer trusting in the ability to perform. It may be reasonable as the result of past failure to perform, or unreasonable, because one "just has a feeling" about something.

Choking refers to losing confidence, especially self-confidence, just at the moment when it is needed most and doing poorly as a result e.g. in sports. This is found as a common plot device in literature and film, and is usually devised to result in a total alteration of a character's life.

See also

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• security
• shyness

External links

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• The real meaning of confidence
• Building Self Confidence

Virtues