Confident people like to challenge themselves and compete, even when their efforts yield small victories.
Not exact matches
It starts as false bravado — you're acting
like you're cool and
confident even when you're not — but if you're convincing enough,
people start to believe it.
Pretending otherwise only makes
people suspicious, which erodes trust and, ultimately, makes the overtly
confident seem
like frauds.
«There is just less fear from
people who feel
like they might lose their jobs... Our shoppers seem more
confident than they did a year ago,» said Reed, 63, whose chain of four stores clocked a roughly 10 percent jump in sales from Thanksgiving to this week, compared to the year before.
At some point, you need to be chosen as a leader, both for the
people you're leading — so they can feel
like they made a choice — but also so you know that you're wanted, and that
people feel
confident in you and will follow your guidance.
«What I think is more relevant for most
people is that we've got to take a page from those
confident players» playbooks and see that we've got to learn to kind of step up that level of confidence, particularly in those high intensity situations
like interviewing, at networking events or conferences,» she says.
If a girl lacks exposure to
people like herself in positions of power, she'll feel less
confident and less ambitious.
The talk show host concluded: «Here's what I'll be very disappointed in: If Trump does lose, as I am very
confident that he will, and let's say it's not super close, if he loses by a significant margin and Sean Hannity and
people like him have not experienced some significant career pain, if not destruction, because of their role, then it's over.
I am not 100 %
confident my proposal will work, but I would
like people with better technical skills than me to take a look at it.
You know what
confident people look
like, the advantages they get, and that it's something worth emulating.
People like to do business with confident p
People like to do business with
confident peoplepeople.
If you are
like most
people facing retirement, you are figuring out how to generate enough income in retirement and feel
confident that it will last as long as you need it to.
Academic moral theory,
like preaching, «stiffens the backbone» of one's coreligionists (or co «ideologues) by «convincing
people who think
like you that they are not alone in their beliefs [and] have the backing of someone who is
confident, competent, articulate, and thoughtful.»
You always imagine that once you've reached a big goal, you will magically transform into the
person you've always wanted to be, that you will suddenly become
confident, secure, giving, well -
liked, organized, clever, and skinny.
But I'm less
confident now than I was a decade ago, which is why I'm interested to hear what
people like Michael Hanby, Patrick Deneen, and Adrian Vermeule have to say.
He was
confident that
people like himself who rule the business establishment do so because they have innate ability.
And by the way, if you've owned a chair for 20 years you may subconciously be
confident that you can still sit in it, but if you're
like most
people you've probably gained a few pounds over the years and your chair has degraded somewhat over the years, so that confidence may not be as valid as you think... making it much the same as the faith you refute.
Wendy Wilson Bett, Co-Founder of Peter's Yard said, «We always listen to our consumers and we regularly hear that
people like to snack on our crispbread, and snacks made with all - natural ingredients, baked snacks and snacks used for dipping are all growing at a phenomenal rate, so we are
confident that our delicious crispbread bites will extend well into this category.»
He is extremely
confident, but literally every
person I've heard interact with him,
likes him.
Some
people say he's a disgrace because he is aggressively
confident and seems
like an impolite guy to play football against.
I don't seek men who are bald; but, I
like a natural look and a
confident, not cocky, bearing...
people, men and women, who move with grace and evidently
like themselves.
I used to be so
confident and strong willed but I feel
like I am a shell of the
person I used to be.
I was a
confident happy and outgoing
person 6 months into our relationship it seems
like the sex just stopped.
And a new study seems to indicate we're all
like that: «men and women care equally about having a partner who is specifically attractive to them» although «(w) ealthier men and
people who were more
confident in their appearance had stronger preferences for a good - looking partner, and older men and women placed less importance on looks.»
I'll personally never respect that as a good reason, and I'm
confident there are more
people like me in the average
person's network than not.
What a securely attached child - OR ADULT - looks
like: competent, self -
confident, resilient, cheerful much of the time, anticipating
people's needs (not from a co-dependent place), empathic, humorous, playful, tries harder in the face of adversity; not vulnerable to approach by strangers because won't go to strangers (as adult, out - going without being foolhardy), good self - esteem, achieving, able to use all mental, physical, emotional resources fully, responsive, affectionate, able to make deep commitments as appropriate, able to be self - disclosing as appropriate, able to be available emotionally as appropriate, able to interact well with others at school and in jobs / careers, likely to be more physically healthy throughout life, self - responsible, giving from a «good heart» place of compassion, has true autonomy, no co-dependent self, because of well developed internal modulation system, less likely to turn to external «devices» (addictions) to modulate affect
He's a very principled, rational,
confident person, and he, honestly, he doesn't
like to read things
like that.
I am more assertive and
confident now with
people who don't parent
like me, or who criticize me.
I don't remember the first time I nursed in public but I'm somebody who's very
confident and it's so important to me for something to be convenient and so sometimes with certain things I don't have time to be nervous and worrying about what's going to happen, you know.Sometimes I have other family members that are
like, «oh be careful», but it's not for me it's for the other
people who are uncomfortable, you know.
«I believe that given a second term,
people will see far more than we are seeing in this first term; but
like I said, I am
confident of victory because we will be able to achieve a first round victory.
«While I am honored that so many
people whom I respect and whose opinions I value would
like me to run, I am
confident that Frank Seddio, will work to establish the inclusive, unified and transparent Kings county political party that so many are yearning for.»
«While I am honored that so many
people whom I respect and whose opinions I value would
like me to run, I am
confident that Frank Seddio, will work to establish an inclusive, unified and transparent Kings county political party,» wrote Camara, who represents Crown Heights in the Assembly.
But it's a lot harder to be
confident that the thing that's spreading is really a social contagion and not a common factor
like location or a group of
people with common interests.
The self - taught, self - deprecating Mears is an optimist who would
like people to feel
confident that they could survive in the wild.
I think I have been a little bit aware already of the practical examples given,
like «feeling better» lying in the grass, «feeling better» being around a
confident helpful
person vs a cynical
person or a dirty - minded
person, and the benefits of vegetables.
My coaching clients ask me all the time about how to speak with confidence or how to be
confident and get the right
people to look at you
like you're a leader who can take charge and become the leader of your family and get your team at work to be the best they can be and master the big vision that everybody wants to achieve.
When you take a power stance (i.e. a stance a powerful
person would take) and hold it over a certain period of time, your body starts to release anabolic hormones (
like testosterone in men) that make you feel more powerful,
confident and assertive.
It means that you are really fashion forward and know how to dress up, you are
confident that in whatever way you dress up
people are going to follow you as you
like to match every piece of cloth with the whole outfit and make a statement.
Now, I'm more
confident as a
person, have more money and time and know what I
like and what looks good on me so I'm way more interested in style and fashion.
Not that I think men aren't, but there's nothing
like a good power couple to really get me going — two powerful,
confident people partnering as a team.
There are going to be plenty of
people who don't
like your blog or what you wear, but you have to be
confident enough to realize that the only thing that matters is whether or not you
like it.
I really feel
like my blog has made me a happier, more
confident,
person — and it has also allowed me to begin to love myself and my body the way it is.
As a
person I
like to think of myself as
confident but not overly.
I would
like to meet a
person who is self -
confident, who feels «accomplished», «self - actualized» in life, and who has a positive outlook on life. . .
As a
person I
like to think of myself as
confident but not a ****.
I was
confident about her accepting it (at least at first) because she obviously really
liked me a lot — and she is the type of
person who doesn't just freak out and run at the drop of a hat.
It also helps
people that have social barriers and perhaps aren't as
confident as they would
like to be.
I'm new to this so bear with me... I'm a
confident, articulate and fun loving
person, some might say a little wacky and occasionally ditzy who
likes to travel, spend time with friends, go out dancing, go to theme parks, and meet new
people, on the flip side I am very much a homebody who loves...
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