Comments on: Confidence http://jasonseiden.com/confidence/ My Blog is Profersonal™. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:17:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: GenerationXpert http://jasonseiden.com/confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-733 GenerationXpert Tue, 23 Dec 2008 20:23:11 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/confidence/#comment-733 Good post. I know what you mean about women showing confidence in different ways (and often failing at showing confidence). However, it's a double-edged sword. I tend to be rather masculine in the way I argue my points. It's very similar to my husband's communications style in those situations. But I'm the only one who comes across as a bitch. Good post. I know what you mean about women showing confidence in different ways (and often failing at showing confidence). However, it’s a double-edged sword. I tend to be rather masculine in the way I argue my points. It’s very similar to my husband’s communications style in those situations. But I’m the only one who comes across as a bitch.

]]> By: Scheherazade http://jasonseiden.com/confidence/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Scheherazade Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:09:29 +0000 http://jasonseiden.com/confidence/#comment-732 Well said. I think that athletics is good for gaining confidence, for two reasons. One, you learn how to train: how to do things that are too hard for you, incrementally and repeatedly, until you master them. That lesson pays dividends in a lot of other areas. Two: physical strength and mastery leads to confidence. Maybe this is only true for women, or more true for women than for men, but I think people who are physically confident are more socially confident. I think strength training has a payoff that goes way beyond the physical realm. Maybe it springs from the former lesson: people who have trained themselves to become stronger know they can master things that were once too hard. But that's the odd advice I give to people who need to become more confident: get physically stronger, and in learning how to do that you will also build confidence. Well said.

I think that athletics is good for gaining confidence, for two reasons. One, you learn how to train: how to do things that are too hard for you, incrementally and repeatedly, until you master them. That lesson pays dividends in a lot of other areas.

Two: physical strength and mastery leads to confidence. Maybe this is only true for women, or more true for women than for men, but I think people who are physically confident are more socially confident. I think strength training has a payoff that goes way beyond the physical realm. Maybe it springs from the former lesson: people who have trained themselves to become stronger know they can master things that were once too hard. But that’s the odd advice I give to people who need to become more confident: get physically stronger, and in learning how to do that you will also build confidence.

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