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8. Thanks for the encouragement, it means a lot! I agree that...

Tue Feb 19, 2013, 07:21 PM

Feb 2013

You do develop a high level of confidence in your own field of expertise. But what I'm talking about more is confidence in social interactions. If you are seriously lacking in social confidence then this can even undermine your confidence in areas you are expert at, at least in social situations. For example I may be a mathematical whiz, not saying that I am, who can solve any problem you put in font of me, but put me in a social situation where I have to demonstrate it and I may fall apart when faced with an elementary problem.

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To paraphrase George Burns annabanana Feb 2013 #1

It would surprise me if it were normal, but that SOME are this way does not surprise me at all... Locut0s Feb 2013 #7

I think that's true to a certain degree Tobin S. Feb 2013 #2

Thanks for the encouragement, it means a lot! I agree that... Locut0s Feb 2013 #8

It's a learnable skill, and it has a positive feedback loop. Denninmi Feb 2013 #3

Indeed frequent exposure to uncomfortable situations does breed confidence... Locut0s Feb 2013 #9

I have a coworker who is supremely confident, while I wear an invisibility cloak. Still Blue in PDX Feb 2013 #4

Thanks for sharing that, I can relate 100% :( Locut0s Feb 2013 #10

There is a fine line between confidence and arrogance postatomic Feb 2013 #5

Indeed but the way our society is structured.... Locut0s Feb 2013 #11

What if it isn't confidence but is instead major histocompatability complexes? HereSince1628 Feb 2013 #6