Confidence Definition Essay

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Confidence can be defined in many ways. To some people confidence is feeling good or loving yourself. To others it may be being positive all the time. Confidence is when you’re completely at peace with who you are in every interaction, moment and experience. When you make no apologies for being awkward, excited, nervous or other...you’re just being you. Many may wonder, “How can you be awkward yet, still be confident?” The answer to that question is different for everyone. A girl walking up to a boy she’s been crushing on for weeks accidently trips yet, confidently brushes herself off and continues walking up to the boy as if nothing ever happened. In a blog written by Stephenie Zamora titled, “What is Confidence, Really?” talks about what confidence may be too many people. Stephanie wrote, “I learned that confidence really comes down to one incredibly simple thing. Owning it.” Just like the girl who falls right in front of her crush, she owned her clumsiness. Although it might have been awkward to fall, she confidently got up and owned it while making no apologies for it. …show more content…

As the mother hears the exciting news her hija shared with her, she yells, “She got the job! She got the job!” Many people in the grocery store make a confused face to the mother wondering why she was excitedly yelling so much. The mother stops to collect herself then confidently says, “She got the job!!” Everyone joins in on her excitement and the commercial carries on from there. The mother easily could’ve put her head down in embarrassment for her tone of voice but, instead she made no apology for her excitement. The mother was confident enough to not hold in her excitement instead she shared it with everyone surrounding

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