(Preface/Note: The figure skating reference bears no significance. It’s just the very first thing that came to mind.)
Some people like to promote confidence and reinforce the idea of confidence whether or not they’re actually confident in you or confident in your potential confidence. Someone could say, “Look Guy, you should be confident. You have everything going for you. Now get out there and land that triple axel.” However, they might actually be thinking, “I’m pretty confident that he’s going to land right on his face.”
How do you measure confidence? What’s too much? What’s too little? Where exactly is that comfortable place in between modesty and arrogance? I mean, you don’t want to come off as being semi-confident. Then you’d probably sound something like, “You should watch me figure skate sometime. I mean, if you want. It’s no big deal. I’ve been training my whole life. But, I’m nothing special. I’m mediocre at best. Never mind. You’d probably be wasting your time. No. Come check me out though, maybe.” When you’re semi-confident you just sound like an indecisive, desperate, whiny little bitch. But, you sure as hell don’t want to sound arrogant. You don’t want to say, “Guess who’s great. I am. I’m a real good time. I mean, I’m a real great time. I just landed a triple axel…in bed. Oh!” People don’t respect a guy like that. I mean, how can they? Guys like that put the “erk” in jerk.
I guess when it comes down to it, in life you should wholeheartedly stand by your convictions, your work, and your triple axels. Stand tall before your final bow; even when your partner is on the ground beside you bleeding profusely due to a botched side by side shotgun spin. Assume your well rehearsed stance, hold your head high and know that you are a winner; a confident winner.
- Ryan
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