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Hi kids!
How would you feel when a friend, in a moment of honest confession, tells you that at first you seemed to be very proud, which is in fact exactly the opposite of what you are in reality. Of course, you would not like it and ask the reason for such an impression. Hardly anyone would like to be branded as proud, but the problem is that often your attitude misleads the people around you and they form a wrong impression specially when they don’t know you or are meeting you for the first time.
In fact, it is you who makes the impression with the way you walk, the way you talk and the way you meet people. When you enter a room with your head held high with confidence, people would take you as a confident person; but a little shadow of pride on your face or your failure or even hesitation in acknowledging others in the room would turn the impression of confidence into pride and you are sure to be branded as proud. And who wants to befriend a proud person? Would you? No, of course not. No one does.
Confidence is a virtue, but it often and very easily turns into over-confidence which may lead to pride. Confidence in oneself and what one is doing is the first step towards success. That is to say that to succeed one has to have confidence in oneself, but when confidence turns into over-confidence one is more prone to commit mistakes as one not only does not take others’ advice but also stops thinking and acting logically and rationally. He thinks that he is right and all others are wrong. And that is where loses the right tract.
So, read this week’s cover story and see the difference between confidence and pride.
See you next week!
Bye!
Ed
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