Confidence is a skill and skills can be learned

I think many of us who lack confidence look on at our more self assured friends and colleagues with a slight sense of envy. My thoughts were "I wish I can be more like them but I never will as they have been born with confidence that passed me by."

Now I do accept some are naturally more confident than others. Donald Trump, for example, seems to be able to bounce back from any setback and go on the attack even though he has shown to be a genuinely awful human being. But as one author pointed out; humility and empathy are difficult qualities to find in human who is arrogant enough to believe that the world is solely here for their benefit.

However, for those of us not in that position, and that is a major asset in many respects, we can slowly build our confidence levels by working on them day by day and week by week. I have written about a few techniques in the past and will investigate some more in future blogs.

Cheers