[dalante]

A lot of people think I am a confident guy... I think I am very good at faking confidence. Why? Because doubt is a constant part of my daily life; every decision I make is questioned by doubt. Because the latter is powerful, I have developed a mechanism to stay deaf to it, so that I can get going in my life and accomplish things. As a result some people perceive me as a very confident guy, and some others as arrogant. I don't mean to be arrogant. I think it's the way I fight doubt.

If I set a goal, I start to doubt. If I say something, I doubt that it was the right thing to say. Right now, I am doubting whether I should post this thread or not.

I am seriously skeptical that self-confidence exist. I experience it sometimes, but by little spurs. I have come to think that people who are self confident are only claiming they are...

I wish I wouldn't doubt so much because I want to make the important choices of my life and live by them. If someone has enlightening thoughts on confidence and doubt, I'd love to read them.