“You’d do what I do if you had the nerve.”
– John Dillinger, Dillinger (1973), (screenplay by John Milius
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“Confidence is made up of two parts. The first is the bet you make with yourself that you can do something. This is the can do element. The second is a belief that if you do that thing, then the world will change a little. This is the can happen part.”
– Ian Robertson, How Confidence Works
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Some people seem to just have the nerve.
To do exactly what they want to do.
There seems to be no hesitation.
They have assertiveness.
They direct their will.
They don’t appear afraid.
Others fall line with their wishes.
They have confidence.
But it’s important to remember the fate of John Dillinger, the notorious bank robber of the 1930s.
Shot and killed by the FBI at the age of 31.
We could call what he had overconfidence.
We all have permission to be confident.
We can change the world a little.
We may not start commanding others’ awe with our confidence.
We likely won’t have movies written about our lives.
But we might start doing more of the things we truly want to do.
And confidence rewards our selves most of all.
All you need is a little nerve to make it happen.
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