real confidence is status fluidity - Tommy Dixon

They can accept criticism. They can be teased and laugh at themselves. They can even be cringe and not care. But they also avoid false modesty and lean into moments where the attention is on them, stepping into the spotlight rather than shying away from it. I read somewhere: “The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act.” Confidence is internal comfort and security regardless of what others say or do. In any environment, confident people have a sense of safety in themselves. They don’t seek status, but they don’t avoid it either. I think this is why they always seem so relaxed. Picture anyone ‘confident’ you notice in the office or meet at an event. They’re confident because they are unapologetically themselves. They know who they are, what they want, where they’re headed. They don’t try to be anyone else. You can tell. When someone has confidence. Not boisterous bravado. But real confidence. When they have a concise sense of their own identity and don’t need to exagger

They can accept criticism. They can be teased and laugh at themselves. They can even be cringe and not care. But they also avoid false modesty and lean into moments where the attention is on them, stepping into the spotlight rather than shying away from it. I read somewhere: “The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act.” Confidence is internal comfort and security regardless of what others say or do. In any environment, confident people have a sense of safety in themselves. They don’t seek status, but they don’t avoid it either. I think this is why they always seem so relaxed.