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writes:Hi thereCan anyone tell me:What is the difference between confidence, over-confidence and arrogance?How can you tell if a person is over-confident, not just confident?How can you tell when someone is confident and when someone is arrogant?And which is best to be, confident or over-confident and why?
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reader, Butterflyfly +, writes (15 August 2007):
 arrogance is hiding your insecurities. confidence is not needing to do more than necessary to sort out a situation, etc.
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reader, happytochat  +, writes (15 August 2007):
Confidence is being comfortable with who you are. Beleiving in yourself and your capabilities. Confidence is something you usaly find in assertive people. Which is where you should try to be, because assertive people get what they want in life without taking away other peoples rights or being rude. Being confident also means you don't depend on others ot make you feel good. You dont need others to reassure you, to make you feel confident, because you TRULY do beleive in yourself.
Over confidence doesnt really exist. People often appear to be over confident but they arent really. They are the people who act like they think they are super good, but deep down they dont think that about themselves. They are actualyl insecure people, who want to be confident and want to appear it, but they just dont get it right, they come off as being overly confident and up themselves.
Arrogance is similar to being over confident. Its when a person tries to exagerate their abilities or their self impotance to the extent whcih its just overbearing. And like being 'overly confident', they often arent. These people have a urge to over exagerate who they are and such because they think if they dont, peopel wont accept who they are.
And if I havent made my point clear enough yet, I think being confident is the best to be. Its only then will you be truly happy within yourslf and people will love to be around you.
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reader, birdynumnums  +, writes (15 August 2007):
 Confidence is reassuring, over-confidence is unnerving and arrogance is irritating. Confidence in a man is the best aphrodisiac there is, no matter what he does to earn his keep. A man who believes in his own self-worth is worth his weight in gold.
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reader, anonymous, writes (15 August 2007): Being confident means that you are comfortable in your own skin, your self worth does not come from outside sources but from strength of character and realizing both your stong points and challenges.
Being over confident means, that one overestimates their knowledge, skill, attractiveness, people skills, risk taking and making poor decisions and leaving out the facts.
Arrogance is someone who feels superior over others, and has a general disdain for other people thinking of them as unworthy in some way.
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reader, kenny + ♥, writes (14 August 2007):
 I think confidence is an attractive quality in a male or female. Someone who is confident stands out from the rest and is normally well like by others. But as we delve into over confident and arrogant this becomes less attractive and these people tend to not be so liked by others. Someone who is arrogant tends to love him/her self and think only about themselves, and can be overbearing through an exaggerated feeling of ones superiority.
So i think it best to be just confident, but thats just me.
Good luck
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reader, hlskitten +, writes (14 August 2007):
 Hi
Good question! Hmmm well, in my opinion, and i guess its one of those questions people will have different thoughts on, but in my opinion, confident is happy in yourself.
Over confident is to over rate the being happy with yourself.
Arrogant is someone that thinks they're way better than anyone else (usually its false)
Thats what i think anyway.
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