Confidence comes from the inside. You feel confident, and so, you act confidently; not the other way around.

Well, sometimes you’ve gotta to act confidently in order to feel confident – or “fake it until you make it”. But you can’t always depend on the outside (environment) to feel confident inside. That’s why there are many people who are handsome, talented and highly rated yet have low esteem and bad self-image. They just can’t do great things in life with a terrible self-image.

True confidence comes from inside out.

Confident people do things others are afraid of. They speak up when others don’t. They takes the lead and initiatives when others are frightened. They represent; they lead and show the way. Others feel good and safe under their leadership.

The reverse is true for arrogant people. They make others feel bad and inferior. Ultimately, they have a low self-esteem and self-image. Sometimes, they only feel good only when others feel bad. They must be right all the time. That feeds their ego, which otherwise always feel insufficient.

Confidence is a necessary ingredient of success. Yet overconfidence leads to arrogance and loss of focus.