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The Four Pillars Of Self-Confidence

Submitted by: aka.attrition

Source: Quintus Curtius – https://qcurtius.com/2022/10/22/the-four-pillars-of-self-confidence/

Abstracts:

It seems to me that self-confidence rests on four pillars: (1) one must accurately and honestly assess one’s value; (2) self-confidence should never veer into the territory of arrogance or insolence; (3) self-confidence must be buttressed by demonstrated experience; and (4) while all can improve in self-confidence, it is essentially a character trait that comes easier to some than to others.

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It is not true that all men are of equal value in all things. Some men, by virtue of their training, experience, and inclinations, will perform more successfully in certain areas. But honest appraisals are often difficult, because pride and sensitivity are offended by blunt truths. Those who are able to step outside themselves and engage in critical self-examination will improve. Those who cannot, will never advance.

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TWO PRESIDENTS, TWO WOMEN & A .45

Via Boston Bob

Tonight in a “town hall” meeting President Obama told a woman who survived a rape and was now pro-gun that she may not have been able to use a gun to thwart the assault on her and that it may not really make her any safer.

The real war on women continues as the men of the Left continue to see women as helpless, weak and their role best left to being a victim, while not offering any answers, encouragement nor decisive statement where he could have said “I’m only sorry you didn’t shoot the son of a bitch.”

Because that is what he should have said.

Yet there was a time when Presidents were different, even before they became President.

On a hot autumn night back in 1933 Melba King was walking to her home in Des Moines, Iowa after being at nursing school when she felt a gun pressed into her back and a man demanding all of her money and one wonders possibly what else.

But it was never to be known, because out of the dark came a voice from above.

“Leave her alone or I’ll shoot you right between the shoulders!”

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