Where did humans usually get their confidence from? Most of the time, it'd be from one of the two ways.0

One, when they were acknowledged by others. Or when they had achieved something significant.0

Humans never were objective creatures, especially when it came to themselves. Seeing themselves in an objective light was never going to happen. Even if they thought they did, some form of ‘correction’ would still be added to this so-called objective self-evaluation.0

Didn’t men usually stand before the mirror and declare, ‘Yes, I’m also a bit of a hot stuff,’ at their own reflection? No one would admit to being a squid's cousin, even if that was what everyone viewed them as!0

Everyone always viewed themselves through the rose-tinted filter, after all.2

That was why other people’s evaluation was crucial if you wanted to know where you stood in the world. What if the people around you kept praising you? Saying you were amazing and all that? And the number of people saying that was a lot?1

You would naturally grow confident about yourself.1

Some people would try to express how confident they were. Meanwhile, some others would try to mask their confidence with awkward chuckles. Regardless of how they chose to respond, though, humans would be overflowing with confidence by that point in time.0

What about the second option of accomplishing a feat that no one could belittle, then? After all, there was no room for ‘emotions’ in something as objective as accomplishments, now was there?0

Even if you detested someone and wanted to belittle them, you couldn't...0