{"id":198995,"date":"2019-12-24T07:37:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T15:37:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=198995"},"modified":"2019-12-24T08:08:20","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T16:08:20","slug":"where-i-get-my-confidence-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/24\/where-i-get-my-confidence-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Where I Get My Confidence From"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The best life is the most dangerous one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

My life story<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am very lucky. I was raised with a particular setup of circumstances which allowed me to be confident from a very young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When I say ‘confident’, I mean to say “faith in oneself”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How? Let me share a bit of me:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The upside of being born Korean<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\"Red<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First of all, I was the eldest son of the eldest son. Which means I was raised like a king. I didn’t do anything to deserve this attention. I was just lucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As a consequence, I learned I could do no wrong. I felt like nobility growing up. All the attention was always on me, and ever since I was young I always had my grandma and random people telling me how handsome I was. It was certainly a massive ego boost to me from a young age. And I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m very grateful for this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faith in oneself<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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My thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Self confidence doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have a limit, and isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t a binary. It just keeps on expanding. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For example, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a binary \u00e2\u20ac\u0153you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re either confident\u00e2\u20ac\u009dor you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re \u00e2\u20ac\u0153not confident\u00e2\u20ac\u009d. I see self confidence in degrees. The degree of how self confident you are. At the high end, normal people start calling you \u00e2\u20ac\u0153egotistical\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153big headed\u00e2\u20ac\u009d, and so forth. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you rather be big headed than small headed?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Walking<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Why have self confidence?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To me, if you desire greatness and to do something insanely epic with your life, self confidence is essential. Perhaps BEYOND essential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n