Confidence

Question: confidence? I can supposodly sing, but don't have the confidence to so do so, someone told me. I used to be in a band not too long ago, and only did one gig. Any tips on confidence?

Answer: GET THE HELL OUT THERE! DON'T LET THE LACK OF SELF-CONFIDENCE STOP YOU, LIKE IT DID ME! I WROTE AND PLAYED MY OWN SONGS! ANYONE THAT DID HEAR , ENJOYED MY MUSIC, BUT, I LACKED THE BELIEF IN MYSELF AND DID NOTHING! LET GO! FREE YOURSELF AND HAVE FUN! I WANT TO SEE YOU AT THE TOP OF THE CHARTS! GOOD LUCK! YOU CAN SEND ME A SIGNED CD WHEN YOU GET THERE!

Question: COnfidence. ? I have faith in myself and self- confidence(i.e. i believe i can do anything if i put my mind to it), but when it comes to public relations, i'm a zero - im very polite to any tom, dick and harry; and i cannot be assertive.

Answer: Well, it's fine to be very polite to any tom, dick and harry. There is no need to be assertive with strangers or casual acquaintances. You may need to be assertive occasionally in work situations and with friends and lovers. Some people have a tendency to undermine your position if you appear to be too passive. I've found that you don't need to be assertive all of the time. Use that trait only occasionally. If you prove that you will stand up for yourself if the situation warrants it, your colleagues and friends will tend to not push you in the future. They will know that you will push back when necessary. So, be assertive, but only occasionally.

Question: How does this change the confidence level affect the length of the confidence interval? Suppose we consider a confidence intercal estimate for a mean, for some sample data. Suppose next we change ONLY the confidence interval. How does the length of the confidence intercal change, if at all? How does this change the confidence level affect the length of the confidence interval? Explain the connection.

Answer: So you're asking... 1.if we change only the confidence interval, how does the length of the confidence interval change?????? What?? 2.How does the change in confidence level affect the length (or range) of a confidence interval? If we increase the confidence level (suppose 90% to 95%), the range of a confidence interval is increased. BECAUSE, in order for us to be MORE confident, we must make the range BIGGER so that we are less likely to be wrong.

Question: How important is confidence in life? Is confidence related to anxiety? I blamed anxiety before for not being outgoing. I am anxious, therefore I have a problem being outgoing. But, could the underlying reason to my reserved behavior be because of say "low confidence in myself?" And that could apply to anything, from holding a conversation, to work, to school, etc. IF I am not confident in myself, I am anxious, or it could as well be that if I am anxious I am not confident. Do you think, that both are important in life, that if you have confidence, you have low anxiety. Or that if you work to reduce anxiety, the lower it is, the higher ur confidence?

Answer: I don't think these two emotions are bound together, but they do impact us in ways that make us think they are two sides of a continuum. Low anxiety must mean high confidence, but that is probably not really true. There is some relationship to our family behaviors when we were being reared that impacts us as to confidence and anxiety. If our parents demonstrated high anxiety, we will be more prone to exhibiting that same behavior. If our parents demonstrated high confidence, we will tend to be more confident. If you have problems performing due to feelings of anxiety when you try to stand and speak, or find yourself struggling to do your job as you feel a lack of confidence in your ability, then you may need to spend some time with a counselor (maybe your pastor, or a licensed therapist depending on which you would trust more), and try to get to the root cause of the behavior. Do not blame yourself, or anyone else as this is something that can be overcome with help and assistance of a good counselor. Another really super thing you could do, if you can get past the fear of letting go, is NLP (that is neuro-linguistic programming). NLP is akin to hypnotizing, but more clinically controlled and has a record of really getting results in changing behaviors.

Question: How much confidence should people have in themselves? People are often encouraged to believe or be confident in themselves. However, at certain times, too much confidence can lead people into thinking that you're stuck up and obsessed with yourself. It can also give people the impression that you're unkind and unwilling to be friends with them as they think that you think that you're too good for them, though this aint the case. So my question is, how confident should a person be in themselves? How could they show a considerable amount of confidence but at the same time, avoid having people misinterpret their behavior as being something negative? I'm sorry if this sounds a bit confusing but I am surely confused myself.

Answer: A confident person would not have to be going to the extremes so as to make it seem they were arrogant. You can't always know how people will react to your demeanor. I am very sarcastic, I come across as being rude and arrogant, but I'm not, I'm just funnier and smarter than some people. If I were to really be concerned with how others perceive me, I wouldn't act that way, I would be sure to be more polite and image conscious.

Question: How to get SELF confidence rather than have other peoples opinions dictate your confidence? I know confidence should come from within but I care deeply about what other people think of me to the point where Im highly self conscious and suffer from social anxiety! How do I stop caring about what other people think of me and start building confidence from within? Thank you!

Answer: You have to understand that peoples opinions constantly change and are always conditional. You are always you and there is never a time that you aren't. So when people's opinions of you change ( to good or to bad) don't take them too seriously. Complimentary opinions are always pleasant but remember that you are not getting those because you've suddenly morphed into a somehow better version of yourself-it is only the person's perception, which should not have any real bearing on who YOU are.

Question: How to do I excude confidence and sex appeal in my body language? How do I walk with confidence and have sex appeal at the same time? I am comfortable in my looks and in my own skin. I just want people to notice my confidence? How can I achieve this? Some girls I see in public, has this same kind of confidence in public, and people see this!

Answer: Hold your head up high and strut! If you tell yourself that you are confident and no one can tell you different, it will show on the outside. Also refrain from walking with your head down and constantly looking at your shoes.

Question: How do you find the Confidence Interval for a particular Confidence Level? How do you find the Confidence Interval for a particular Confidence Level, such as 95%, for a sample of more than 30 people? Show the exact formulas that you use in this situation to calculate the sample standard deviation and standard error?

Answer: It's hard to include exact formulas here since this is just a text box. Generally your CI or Margin of error is going to be your standard error times the critical value that you look up in a table. Critical value: For 95%, if the sample is more than 30 people you'll probably just use a normal distribution, so in this case that happens to be 1.96. In other words, in a normal distribution, 95% of the values will fall between -1.96 and +1.96 for standard deviations. Standard error: You don't say whether it's an interval for a mean or proportion, but generally the standard error is the standard deviation of the population divided by the square root of the number of observations, so if it's 36 people and the standard deviation is 12, then std error is 12/6 = 2. Multiply the 2 by 1.96 and you get 3.92, so your margin of error is +-3.92.

Question: How come women have such low self confidence and rely on men to supply them with confidence? It's almost like women rely on men to give them confidence. If a man tells a woman she looks good her confidence is high. But if a man tells a woman she's ugly her confidence hits rock bottom. I think women should not care about what men think of them as long as they like the person they are. Men rely on our inner strength for confidence. We could care less about a woman's opinon of us.

Answer: I followed one of my sisters around for a day, to observe and see how she lived. She is well liked. She is a beautiful, polite, respectable, feminine, kind, and gentile. She was insulted, put down, or treated in a degrading,or less than respected way, 580 times that day (Not counting the mistreatment that inspired me to start counting). She didn't even acknowledge most of the put downs. She didn't even notice them. Apparently, It's a normal day, for an average woman to be treated like they are worthless, helpless, and stupid. I believe that is why they have such low self esteem. I believe the treatment presses on them, more and more, until they break, and say something about it. Then they are insulted for complaining about nothing. I think that is why they think everything is SO wrong (with us) when they tell us we've said or done something selfish, or degrading, or rude. It's an accumulation of wrongs, that hurts them, and we (men- because we spend so much time with our female partners) are often present when they can't hold it in any more. (Sorry I'm not sure how to say this. Does it make sense? ) Are you going to ask about men?

Question: What are the benefits of good confidence? I want to know how confidence benefits you and how it is good. I want to improve my confidence and I want to know what comes with confidence.

Answer: I do know for a fact that self confidence is the key to just about everything. It's attractive to everyone, including the opposite sex, it will land you the job when you're not even the most qualified, it will improve your ability to do anything. What I don't know is how it get more of it. I do like this quote though, Fake it till ya make it!

Question: How to apply confidence intervals to probability? Hello. So the question is there are 200 people who are all making 95% confidence intervals (using the same data and etc) and determining if X falls within that confidence interval. 1) How many people are expected to find that X falls within their interval. Is it 200*0.95 = 190? 2) What is the probability that all 200 students get X in their interval? I was thinking that it is 0.95^200 but that can't be right. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer: 1) If you are to run a large number of confidence intervals, each based on a separate estimate for the mean (with confidence level (1 - alpha)), then yes, the expected number of confidence intervals containing the true mean would be n * (1 - alpha), or 200 * 0.95 like you said. In general, this means that any future confidence interval (the sample has not yet been measured or tabulated) has a 95% chance of containing the true mean. It DOES NOT mean that an interval that has already been run has a 95% chance. Probability only applies to events which haven't happened yet. 2) How to find the probability that all 200 students will get the true mean in their interval is a binomial distribution question. Sample size is n, probability of success, p, is 0.95. So, the probability of 200 independent successes would be (0.95) ^ (200), or 0.00003505, or 0.003505%. Even the most likely outcome, exactly 190 successes and 10 failures, has the relatively small probability of .1284, or 12.84%. With 201 possible outcomes, no one of them will have a very large possibility. 190-10 is just the EXPECTED outcome.

Question: What role does confidence play in a religious person’s faith? I mean, to a typical religious person, confidence is of less importance than its opposite, humility. But then again, being confident that what they believe is the truth is quite important because if they’re not confident then how can they have faith? So they must strike a balance between confidence and humility…? Or maybe the fact that they partition off their minds helps in this case because they can be confident when they’re proselytizing and brainwashing their children but then they can be humble when they’re defending their beliefs from attack; what do you think?

Answer: (YES); confidence DOES "play a role" in a religious person's faith !

Question: How can I project my self confidence without being arrogant? I'd like to improve the way people view me, and I'd heard that projecting your self confidence can help greatly. Unfortunately, every time I try, when I look back on the attempt, it seems like I'm being arrogant, or just not doing something right. Anyone have any ideas on how to improve my ability to project my self confidence, or a list of positive signs of someone with self confidence? In response to jared, that would be considered more as an arrogant thing, in the sense that you aren't respecting the girl at all.

Answer: I think there is way to project self confidence without being rude or arrogant. Here are some thoughts: - Never be the one to chase after a girl. if you like her, ask her out and she doesn't respond then move on to the next. If you call her and she doesn't call back...don't call back a couple more times. If she doesnt call back then don't wait on her - Smile often and say hello to people...try to be outgoing if you can. Provide complements to women-- you look nice today, your hair is different--looks good, you are wearing a nice perfume, etc. Don't over-do it, just try making a complement or two when you can - Walk tall and not too fast...don't strut though. Like a fighter pilot walking out to his plane before takeoff or something - Hold doors open for women and smile at them, but then don't gawk at them....just be polite and then pretend they are not nice looking, you are just being courteous - There are a million girls out there and so don't be in a hurry to find one...if you make yourself really available then women think you are desperate. You do that by taking your time and not jumping at every chance you have to call a girl or talk with her. Just take your time. Think about if you saw a Mustang Shelby Cobra at a dealership vs. a new Toyota Camry. yeah they are both nice cars, but man, that shelby is hard to come by.....so people want it more

Question: What is the connection between selfishness and lack of self confidence? I am trying to find information on the internet about selfishness and self confidence. I know someone who has low self esteem and low self confidence, and they are bringing it on themselves. They can be very selfish with their family but giving to their coworkers and this doesn't make sense to me. They lie about the stupidest things, and when they get caught they make the other person look like the bad one. When they are selfish, their self esteem and confidence go down and they blame everyone around them. They misunderstand others when they talk, they get angry easy when a family member tries to explain their bad behavior. They need recognition and gratitude. Can anyone point me in the right direction to a website that talks about this. I have seen information of lack of self confidence people not being selfish......but is their something about selfishness and knowing what they are doing is wrong, lowering self esteem and confidence. Thank you.......any thoughts you have and websites I can look at, are gratefully appreciated.....

Answer: The pursuit of self interest is the basis of all human behavior. Confidence just means you think you are good at the pursuit "Selfish" is a VERY poor term. It describes anti social behavior that is typically NOT in a persons self-interest. The notion that the self can only get what it desires by giving up the desire to get, Is the cognitive dissonance that creates the mental toxin know as Liberalism. It inability to understand the logic of nature, result in actions that do NOT produce the desired result, or in results that are not consistent with one's true desires. Which in turn erodes confidence. To have confidence WITHOUT competence is NOT good. The task of education is to create COMPETENCE. This in turn creates CONFIDENCE. If you just create CONFIDENCE, you get a bunch of idiots in denial creating havoc.

Question: How to get the confidence to act in front of others well? I want to act. it's just what I want to do. But how do I build confidence completely and be comfortable acting in front of others? I just want to be able to act with ease, and I want it to come out naturally. Having confidence, character, and eye contact are very important things. How do I build these three things so I can pursue my dream of acting?

Answer: With everything there is a start. Usually when you start off, you start off small. Come up with a script. Possibly write your own. You will build confidence from discovering you can write. Then, try talking in front of a pet. Whether they pay attention or not it helps. I did talk to my dog once, (on advice from a friend) and even though it was weird it did work. After the pet, move up to family. Try a sibling. Sometimes parents might not be brutally honest. A sibling usually will unless they don't mind if you look like an @$$. After family try a friend, then try aa classmate or a speach class/public speaking assignments. Pick something at school where you can thrust yourself in the public eye. Maybe run for a school office. (Class President) You will definitely have to speak to classmates. At that point you should be ready to try acting in other venues.

Question: How do you gain confidence when people only listen to confident people? If you have experiences in your early life that sap your confidence how can you build it up when people tend to ignore the words and achievements of those lacking confidence, wich can tend to make the problem worse?

Answer: If you listen to yourself first you can't go wrong. You do not need other people to listen to your opinions. Answer only if asked and always truthfully as you see it!