Monday, August 17, 2009

Substitutes for Self-confidence

In The Ordeal of Change, Eric Hoffer talks about how to overcome that awkwardness that most of us feel when we begin something new.
Faith, enthusiasm, and passionate intensity in general are substitutes for the self-confidence born of experience and the possession of skills.
I sometimes imagine opening up my arms wide and just flinging myself with mindless abandon.

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