What is confidence?

solid

Doing what you are afraid to do.

absofuckinglutely not. what do you think they mean by ignorance is bliss?
knowing yourself is equally important, and i think self-insight is a part of being knowledgeable.
Now, as any human, you're likely to have a few flaws, and you might be ashamed of those features.
This shame favors the perfect while making the lackluster people insecure.
this is good because if, let's imagine, an overweight, short, ugly woman was acting as if she were as good a 10/10, we'd be fukt.

Ok user consider this:

You're about to go into an interview
Case 1: You know nothing about the job, company or the person interviewing
Case 2: You have researched the company well, you know the guidelines of the job and you know who is interviewing you

Now tell me, in which case would you feel more confident?

that's bravery/courage not confidence

Absolutely not. A filthy unwashed overweight neet also doesn't give a fuck.

Confidence is "having an aura of doing the right thing, taking initiative, making others feel comfy and in awe simply by how you move/dress/speak, being brave, not giving a fuck"

The thing is what women perceive as confidence isn't actual confidence, and when people tell you you need to be confident it's not what you think it means.

3 guys go out.

1 is boring normie control group faggot.
2 is semi good looking but because he 'doesn't give a fuck' and because he is 'confident' since he fucking has it made, has gone out with a shitty shirt, shorts, flip flops and his hair is shit too. He does lift but he doesn't care about cutting. He stares at his phone all night long because he can't be bothered to socialise.

3 Is is Veeky Forums's imaginary chad: Expensive clothes, styled hair on point, hairless body that he uses 1 billion products on, expensive car(that he rents) etc. When he puts so much value on how other perceive him, how can he be called confident?

Who do you think will get most positive approval by women and get laid ?

well if you are a sperg who sits on your phone all night you are not going to get laid no matter what

if the guy put his phone down and actually interacted with women he'd do waxy better with them than the insecure metrosexual

>waxy
how the fuck did I even manage to type that

Confidence is a meme because nobody cares about the real definition. If youre a hot guy that "doesnt give a fuck" you have "confidence". It's just their nice way of saying "wow hes hot i wanna fuck him". You never hear a average or below average looking guys being liked by girls for his confidence. It's always some CHAD.

Thats completely dependent on my inner confidence on my skills and ability to sell myself. Just knowledge alone doesnt make for a great interview.

Confidence is knowibf what you do and why you do it. Because if you do, you'll can always defend your actions. Knowing what you want is attractive to women, because women don't have a clue what they want or why. It's the security in a future they seek but never aquire.

He would definetely not do any better. How is he supposed to interact with women? Walk up and say hi? This absolutely does not work(and it makes me laugh when i see it as advice here because i imagine some bitchface nerd doing it) , and because the insecure metrosexual guy will have interests on par of a womans(instagram/ kikebook bullshit) he will quickly find common ground and probably get laid . He has based his entire life around being liked by women .

nigga you forgot to tip your fedora

That's bullshit. The average nigger and normie that get laid jump between jobs all their lives and have no idea what they want to do.

you are viewing everything through the lens of an autist and assuming the guy with a shitty wardrobe and chesthair is also socially retarded

if you give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he is confident and funny he will be objectively more attractive to the average college aged woman than some primped and preened jersey shore reject. What you don't realize is that without the assumption of being an antisocial asshole, #2 was the actual Chad the entire time. #3 is probably some faggot who reads PUA forums.

Confidence is belief in yourself and your abilities. Knowledge increases this belief, so does experience.

Outcome independence or "not giving a fuck" is something different, it's blasé. Blasé can compliment confidence, but they are different things. Suicidal depressed people have blasé too.

Bravery, too, can compliment confidence, but it is something different. You can be brave and face novel situations you have no confidence and no experience in, and convert the situation into an experience, thereby increasing your confidence if faced with that situation again.

Hope that's helpful

Confidence is the act of confiding, idiots.