Confidence carries a lot of weight in today’s culture. Many people attribute success, positive character traits, and happiness to having confidence in yourself and your abilities. While searching Google blogs for an applicable site, I found a great post that not only speaks on the importance of self-confidence, but also gives a few easy ways to help a person develop it.
The Web site, called “Great Content Pages,” organizes different blogs into categories and most recent posts, which makes it easy to find posts on any topic. An anonymous blogger posted an article under the “personal development” section called “The Importance of Self Confidence ” that shared many of my opinions. Since it was the first post (that happened to be uploaded only nine hours ago), no one has responded, but I liked it the most out of all the blogs I read.
In all honesty, the author gives no information on himself or herself in the article, but, since I have a wild imagination, I am going to infer a few things on my own. The blogger seems to be an emphatic communicator because he or she uses definitive statements such as “confidence is not just another asset. In today’s world, self confidence is a basis of your survival.”
I also find a very optimistic outlook in the way the author writes because he or she consistently hints that everyone can be successful if they learn to be confident. According to the blogger, “even a single self-confident person can change the attitudes of everyone in a room. Sometimes it seems as if the world itself decided to help such man. A confident person attracts friendships, but commands respect, too.”
Considering this is the first post, I hope to see several follow-ups in this site, especially more thought-provoking posts. Some of the statements, such as “your self confidence forms the basis of everything else in your world,” made me look a little differently at the way I view confidence.
I have always thought that a person’s worldview, or religion, defines the way the person makes decisions and constructs opinions, but this blog makes a good point. It says that if a person has high self-confidence, he or she will find a way to hold himself or herself together and to stand for something. Basically, this blog believes that confidence causes a person to form opinions and ultimately to make decisions simply because it prevents them from being spineless.
I think this post would be interesting for anyone to read because everyone has goals in life, even if they are little, short-term goals. Its charismatic language helps illustrate the power of confidence in a really inspiring way.
“Self confidence gets all the attention. This in turn brings acceptance love, peace and energy. The energy makes you a good worker and even better human. And this, in turn, causes your confidence to grow even more. Get to this upward spiral and watch how you entire life changes!” (That definitely makes me want some confidence!)
I can tell by reading the article that the writer is confident in his or her own opinions, which is something I find attractive about the blog. He or she does not apologize for the direct statements, but rather backs those statements up with familiar adages. (“If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything”…etc)
On the other hand, I did feel like the author hastily posted the article and was a little scatter-brained in the way he or she wrote it. It appears to be more of a journal entry of thoughts rather than a scholarly article. (But, then again, I might be the only one who wants to be scholarly about self-confidence!) It just bothers me that there are several grammatical errors that could easily have been fixed.
My favorite part of the blog is that the author attempts to tell readers how to gain confidence. It says that “self confidence is neither genetic nor hereditary. Confidence has to be gained or learned, improved or practiced. It won’t come to you al by itself, but you can easily rise it in your self.” I’d like my blog to have a level of practicality comparable to the “Great Content Pages” site.
Last, but not least, the post left me feeling hopeful because it gave me enough detailed opinions. I want my readers to have that same sense of self-worth and optimism when they read what I have to say about confidence, character, and goal-setting.
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