The Right Confidence Levels

• Confidence is a belief that your knowledge is accurate, that your skills are up to the task, and that you can grow into whatever particular challenge is in front of you
• There is a lot of value in having an appropriate level of confidence in situations you face
• Being over-confident is dangerous because you may put yourself at social, physical, or financial risk when you take on something your knowledge and skills cannot handle
• When you frequently experience pangs of regret over the actions you didn’t take, you may be consistently being underconfident

Many opportunities that are put in your path are there because they do fit within your skill set (or close enough that you will succeed with effort).

When you say yes more often, you provide yourself with opportunities to succeed at things that fall inside your capabilities but outside your...