Complementary virtues¶
Contrasting vices¶
- anxiety
- bluster (vice of excess)
- being cocky (vice of excess)
- fear of failure
- hesitancy
- hubris (vice of excess)
- insecurity
- overconfidence (vice of excess)
Virtues possibly in tension¶
How to acquire or strengthen it¶
Notes and links¶
- Skills You Need: Confidence
- Skills You Need: Overcome Social Anxiety
- Skills You Need: Building Workplace Confidence
- Skills You Need: Self-Confidence
- A. Bandura “Self efficacy: Toward a unifying theory of behavioral change” Psychological Review (1977) pp. 191-215
Mentioned elsewhere¶
TBD
Inspirational quotes¶
- “You only have to learn to live like the healthy person does… living with complete confidence. What confidence? The only one worth holding, in what is trustworthy, unhindered, and can’t be taken away: your own reasoned choice.” —Epictetus, Discourses 3.26
