Hello Community,
So this question is really about whether you can feel confident when you are trying something for the first time. The answer is yes you can be confident in something even if you have never done it before. For me this kind of confidence is what I call self confidence.
Now let me explain this in a way. A lot of people think that confidence only comes from doing something over again. They think you have to have a lot of experience before you can feel sure of yourself.. Yes experience does help.. I do not think confidence should be limited to only what you have done before. Sometimes confidence starts from within. It is that belief that says, I may not know everything yet but I can figure it out. That is self confidence. It is not about knowing everything or being perfect. It is about trusting yourself to try.
Let us be real the time you do anything new it will feel strange. You might feel unsure maybe a bit scared. That is normal. Nobody starts something new feeling one hundred percent ready. If we all waited to feel completely confident before trying something, a lot of things would never get done.
Take starting a job for example. You just got the role you are excited. At the same time you are wondering if you can actually handle it. You have never been in that position before so naturally there is going to be some doubt.. That does not mean you can not be confident. Your confidence at that stage is not coming from experience it is coming from belief in yourself. You tell yourself I got this job for a reason I may not know everything now but I will learn.. That mindset alone can carry you a long way.
The same thing applies to trying something, in general whether it is learning a new skill starting a project or even stepping into a new environment. Confidence does not always come before you start. Sometimes it grows as you go. At the beginning it might feel like you are just managing just trying to keep up. But as time goes on you start understanding things you make fewer mistakes and before you know it that small confidence you started with begins to grow into something stronger. That is how self confidence works.
Confidence is not always loud or big or obvious, sometimes it is just quiet belief in yourself, It is showing up even when you are not sure, It is trying, even when you’re a bit uncomfortable, so when people ask if confidence is real, I would say yes, it is, but it is not something that just appears fully formed, it builds over time, It grows with experience, but it can also start before experience,that is where self confidence comes in,
It’s the foundation, it is what pushes you to start in the first place, qnd honestly, I’ habe come to realize that you don’t need to wait until you feel ready or fully confident before doing somethig, If you keep waiting for that perfect moment, you might end up not starting at all,sometimes, you just have to take that step, start small, learn as you go, make mistakes if you have to, and keep moving forward, confidence will meet you along the way, at the end of the day, being confident in something new is not about having all the answers, it is about believing that you can handle whatever comes your way, even if you are still figuring things out.
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