Re:Ask HN: Confidence, how does one go about getting it?
by nostrademons on Friday June 25, 2010 @10:20PM
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Become successful and rich. Or at least more successful and richer than you were before.
This is unfortunately recursive, but that's the way it works. You try something at the edge of your ability and accomplish it. Because you were successful at that, your confidence goes up. Then you try something harder, accomplish it, and your confidence goes up again. If you happen to fail at something, lick your wounds and try again.
Eventually, you don't need to play mindgames with yourself, you just realize that you're completely capable of doing what you set out to do.
This is unfortunately recursive, but that's the way it works. You try something at the edge of your ability and accomplish it. Because you were successful at that, your confidence goes up. Then you try something harder, accomplish it, and your confidence goes up again. If you happen to fail at something, lick your wounds and try again.
Eventually, you don't need to play mindgames with yourself, you just realize that you're completely capable of doing what you set out to do.