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The antidote for too much knowledge is execution. Why? Execution helps to work through fear and build confidence. Knowledge will always give you enough reasons not to act. Execution is taking the next step in spite of that knowledge.

Content: Quotation | Author: Kevin Kelly | Source: ChangeThis | Subjects: Action, Confidence, Execution

Lucky risk takers use hindsight to reinforce their feeling that their gut is very wise. Hindsight also reinforces others’ trust in that individual’s gut. That’s one of the real dangers of leader selection in many organizations: leaders are selected for overconfidence. We associate leadership with decisiveness. That perception of leadership pushes people to make decisions fairly quickly, lest they be seen as dithering and indecisive. … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Daniel Kahneman | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Confidence, Decision Making, Leadership, Organizational Behavior

Self-confidence is not the real secret of leadership. The more essential ingredient is confidence in other people. Leadership involves motivating others to their finest efforts and channeling those efforts in a coherent direction. Leaders must believe that they can count on other people to come through.

Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Confidence, Leadership

There is a form of eminence that does not depend on fate; it is an air that sets us apart and seems to portend great things; it is the value that we unconsciously attach to ourselves; it is the quality that wins us the deference of others; more than birth, position, or ability, it gives us ascendance.

Content: Quotation | Source: Amazon.com | Subjects: Confidence, Personality / Behavior

Confidence precedes competence.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Competence, Confidence

Confidence is more important than competence. Competence can be bought. Confidence, never.

Content: Quotation | Subjects: Competence, Confidence

Competence precedes confidence.

Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Competence, Confidence

When you have confidence, you can have a lot of fun. And when you have fun, you can do amazing things.

Content: Quotation | Subject: Confidence