I have never met a confident photographer. Why? Over-reliance on social media, and external metrics to crowd source their self-esteem.

What does it mean to be self-confident? Simply put, I think it means to be self-motivated, and your inner directive and motive is autotelic, which means that your telos or your purpose, or the pursuit is the reward in itself.

Why become more self-confident?

My personal thought is every child is born confident, what happens as they get older is that their parents or teachers kill their inner confidence and motivation, why? The parents and teachers are too cowardly, and risk-averse, or perhaps not wise.

The greatest upside of becoming more self-confident is that you can thrive more and become more.