{"content":[{"text":"CONFIDENCE","bbox":{"left":0.404483,"top":0.090584,"width":0.17575899999999994,"height":0.022372000000000003}},{"text":"What gives people conﬁdence?","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.161616,"width":0.24444700000000003,"height":0.015151999999999999}},{"text":"To answer this, it’s easier to start with the things that may appear to give people \n conﬁdence, but actually don’t.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.19697,"width":0.6248259999999999,"height":0.032827999999999996}},{"text":"Success is one of those things. People often think that success should generate \n conﬁdence. Yet some of the most successful people remain insecure about their \n achievements and always afraid of losing ground. Some successful people are \n driven, dissatisﬁed and self-critical, never able to enjoy their success. Some \n successful people are haunted by fear of failure. Some people whom others \n would call successful still call themselves unsuccessful. It is not often that other \n people’s deﬁnitions of success match our own expectations or ideals.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.25,"width":0.6267400000000001,"height":0.12121300000000002}},{"text":"Positive self-talk is another often mentioned conﬁdence-builder. If life gives \n you lemons, make lemonade. Afﬁrm your dignity and value with daily readings. \n Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character who ﬂoundered and ﬂubbed \n every activity and then stood in front of a mirror and said to himself, “I’m good \n enough! I’m smart enough! And, gosh darn it, people like me!” portrayed the \n pathetic and comical aspect of positive self-talk. It doesn’t ring true and affect \n your life outcomes unless you believe it. If you actually believed it, you \n wouldn’t need to say it.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.391414,"width":0.628409,"height":0.13889000000000012}},{"text":"Image-enhancement is yet another often suggested conﬁdence-builder. Change \n your shape. Get a nose job or a hairpiece. Change your wardrobe. Get your \n colors done. Carry a certain briefcase, or drive a certain car, or favor a certain \n drink. The choices presented to us offer the full range of swagger – from \n outrageous attitude to classy serenity. But the message is the same: Look \n conﬁdent, whether you are or not. Image enhancement has become a lucrative \n industry. Yet we all know, deep down, that playing a role doesn’t make us the \n character we’re playing. Image enhancement is like putting a new façade on a \n building with structural problems; the building may look really good, but it isn’t \n any safer to inhabit.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.550505,"width":0.628647,"height":0.17424300000000004}},{"text":"Praise is one of the most mentioned conﬁdence-builders. If you want to help \n others be more conﬁdent, praise them. If you want to feel conﬁdent, surround \n yourself with people who think well of you and consistently tell you that. Praise \n is paradoxical, though. We suspect cheerleaders who ﬁnd something good to say \n and pour on the praise, no matter what the actual facts of the occasion. Genuine \n and deserved praise is heartwarming. Yet we know we can’t become dependent \n on it. What would happen to us when we’re facing something alone with no one \n to cheer us on? Worse yet, when we feel the least conﬁdent, we are least able to \n accept and appreciate praise, whether it’s disingenuous or genuine.","bbox":{"left":0.176471,"top":0.744949,"width":0.63028,"height":0.15656700000000012}}],"images_bbox":[],"images_bbox_not_text_overlap":[]}