What If You Didn't Inherit Confidence?

In recent times, I have been in situations that required all the confidence I could muster. At times like that, all some people want to do is shake you up and make you lose what little confidence you have. It made me wonder how some people never seemed to get shaken or lose confidence, even in the most trying situations. I started asking myself if some people were born with the thing?. Perhaps, confidence is a heritable trait that can be passed down from generation to generation and maybe some folks were just lucky to have gotten a double dose. Well, it turns out it isn't as complicated as that. Confidence isn't necessarily inherited, it is cultivated. Here's how to do so in one very informative infographic.

Via Lifehack.org

No matter what happens, hold your head up high and don't ever let your chin drop! People usually can't perceive you a lot better than you can perceive yourself, just watch out not to cross the thin line from confidence into arrogance. That is a topic for later.

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