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Old 03-01-2011, 10:50 AM
 
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That's what they always say when they are less accomplished and not as cool! If you can't hack a general conversation with someone without getting jealous of them..... you aren't confident. You are a jealous d-o-u-c-h-e! Not you of course.
Haha - The red and the purple are two different things. Red - not true. Purple - very true.
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:02 AM
 
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Haha - The red and the purple are two different things. Red - not true. Purple - very true.
That's how I feel too. If I told you what I did yesterday at work in a casual conversation......is that? How about what my friends ask me advice for? My phone rings a lot! If you worry constantly about outdoing someone who had the same opportunity, is that confidence? I don't think it is. Someone who is always willing to help others and share anything you might know to assist isn't either. That's a fine line to walk. It's the people who constantly get butthurt over it that have issues. You are your own individual star. Let it shine as bright as you can. I for one like to read a doctors posts on here. He has a lot of really cool stuff and I've chimed in a few times on it. I think he likes me because I don't break his balls about being a doctor and he's rich!
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:05 AM
 
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The difference is manners... confidence is good manners and arrogance is not.
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:10 AM
 
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Confidence is believing in yourself and your abilities.

Arrogance is believing you are better than everyone because of your abilities.
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:13 AM
 
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The difference is manners... confidence is good manners and arrogance is not.
I think that is a good one as well. I used to work with a guy (Dave) who was an arrogant a$$. The way he walked... the way he talked...the way he spoke to you and women. The guy was a douche-bag. He was also the type to always be looking in the mirror and combing his hair. Know what I mean? We didn't like each other very much! He didn't like me because of scaring some decency back into him. "Get over here and do this....... NOW!" I'll be there when I'm finished a$$hole! lmao
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:16 AM
 
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Confidence is believing in yourself and your abilities.

Arrogance is believing you are better than everyone because of your abilities.
I like this definition.
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:18 AM
 
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If she likes you it's confidence, if she doesn't like you it's arrogance.
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Man, ain't that the truth! It's open to "interpretation" shall we say.
I believe the terms are pretty easy to understand. Look them up. If you seriously cannot figure it out, then ask a good friend to tell you if either adjective could be used to describe you. Pretty easy for most people I think.
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:23 AM
 
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Confidence is believing in yourself and your abilities.

Arrogance is believing you are better than everyone because of your abilities.
Yup. This^^.
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:33 AM
 
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i think that arrogance judges, while confidence does not.

i think a confident person is positive and makes others feel good about themselves. an arrogant person, the opposite.
Not so sure about the second part, as a person can be generally positive and make others feel good about themselves without confidence in themselves.

I'd say arrogance would be the doing something and EXPECTING to get the results one wants, perhaps a bit recklessly.

Confidence, on the other hand, would be doing something with the belief and the ability to make it happen, without being an ******* about it.
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Old 03-01-2011, 11:39 AM
 
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I believe the terms are pretty easy to understand. Look them up. If you seriously cannot figure it out, then ask a good friend to tell you if either adjective could be used to describe you. Pretty easy for most people I think.
My friends call me BBJ for a reason. It's a lifetime commitment to see to it they are RIGHT. I never-ever rub it in and keep cool about it!
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