When your confidence takes over you, it makes your ego a bit bigger, and it often prevents you from becoming a greater version of yourself.

<ol><li>Makes tasks seem simpler than they are.</li><li>Doing a task just once feels like mastering it, ignoring the daily routine it takes to do constantly.</li></ol>

Too much confidence can...

The only right equipment you need is sharpened tools, sharpened mind, good health & knowledge

Lower your confidence to get more confidence

<ol><li>Imagine your confidence as the snake</li><li>And the food it eats are the compliments by the people</li><li>But when you get too much of it you will bite your own tail</li><li>To be free you have to sometimes ignore the food</li></ol>

The Nokia snake game

<ol><li>Loosen yourself</li><li>Pretend you are a professional</li><li>Find your 'Bon Service'</li></ol>

If you do not have enough confidence

It follows the first principle of flying higher and higher but keeping your feet grounded

When he was a child, Anh Tu was not a confident person. Up until he became an adult and co-founded a famous burger brand, he still struggles with confidence. However, through this talk, he shares how his stories and a change in perspectives made him embrace this personal trait. Confidence can be more overrated that we might think.  

Anh Tu is the Co-Founder of "Ngoặm" - a Vietnamese burger restaurant that elegantly blends unique cultural identities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

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Too much confidence can...

Lower your confidence to get more confidence

The Nokia snake game

If you do not have enough confidence

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