Theme of Discussion Zoom Meeting: Confidence

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Questions:

1. What does self confidence mean to you? What is the opposite or antonym of confidence? Is self-esteem the same as self-confidence?

2. How do parents instill confidence in their children?

3. How might children develop too much confidence?

4. What steps can you follow in building your self-confidence?

5. How important is confidence in reaching financial success?

6. Without identifying the person, tell us about someone you once knew who had too much confidence?

7. What can be the results of excessive confidence?

8. Why might you want to have too much confidence rather than too little confidence?

9. How important is it for a successful politician to have confidence?

10. What political leader on today’s scene exemplifies confidence? What effect does this characteristic have on attracting voters?

11. What strategies can you use to develop self-confidence?

12. Does self-confidence have a genetic basis?

13. Can an animal show confidence?

14. Can a wife or husband have a successful marriage if she/he lacks confidence in her/his spouse?

15. Would you recommend that a child be named “Confidence”? Could the child’s name be a good predictor of success in life? Would ConfidAnce be a good name for a child who hoped to be a ballet star or a parent who hoped to open a successful dance studio?

16. Draw a quick sketch of confidence that you are willing to share with our group? Is it a female or male sketch? Does it have a racial identity? A senior age range? A non-human animal? So what’s the point? Even discussing such a mundane subject as self-confidence can trigger your imagination and perhaps even help you recognize that you should have more confidence in your creative powers to transform a meditative frown into a contagious smile.

Quotations:

1. "If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started." – Cicero

2. "Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." - Marie Curie

3. "It is best to act with confidence, no matter how little right you have to it." -Lillian Hellman

4. “To overcome fear is the quickest way to gain your self-confidence.”―Roy T. Bennett

5. “Believe you can and you're halfway there.”―Theodore Roosevelt

6. “If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.” –Cicero

7. “Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” –Norman Vincent Peale

8. “The most alluring thing a woman can have is confidence.”— Beyonce

9. “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.’”— Eleanor Roosevelt

10. “Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.” -Dale Carnegie

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