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<li><strong>Confidence is closely related to self-assurance.</strong> A confident person knows what she/he is capable of and they doesn&#39;t need any external validation.</li>
<li><strong>Arrogance is closely related to selfishness</strong>. An arrogant person feels the need to brag and to exaggerate any achievement.</li>
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Confidence vs Arrogance

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<li>Arrogant persons have an inflated and unrealistic sense of their importance and believe they know it all.</li>
<li>An arrogant person will argue black is white, to prove their point.</li>
<li>Arrogant people have zero interest in listening to others.</li>
<li>You don&#39;t need ask an arrogant person about themselves, because every discussion will revolve around them.</li>
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Arrogance: key characteristics

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<li>Confidence brings people together; arrogance rejects people and is used as a means to demoralize others.</li>
<li>Truly confident people don&#39;t feel to need to compare themselves to others - they’re happy being on their own unique path; arrogant people feel the need to shine over everybody else, often to the detriment of others. </li>
<li>Leaders are almost always confident but bring humility and self-awareness to a team; arrogant people are usually oblivious to their negative traits and struggle to accept any form of constructive criticism.</li>
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Confidence and arrogance in relation to others

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<li>Back up your confidence with achievements.</li>
<li>Listen more than you talk.</li>
<li>Work on yourself.</li>
<li>Affirm your sense of self-worth, and write down what you have achieved. This way, you’re in a much better place to educate others and share your experiences.</li>
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Work on being more confident

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