自信法则-了解自己的缺点

How to be confident?

Recognise your short-comings

Part of being confident is knowing who you are, what you are, and what you do well. Another part of confidence is knowing what you don’t do so well. Why is it important to know what you don’t do well at? For multiple reasons:

You can improve. Knowing you don't do well at something gives you the insight to actively¹ do something about it. If you're unaware² that you don't do something very well, you won't be able to work on it– it's as simple as that.

You know what you're capable of. By knowing this,you can easily avoid situations where your confidence may take a blow by theseshort-comings because you're already aware of them!

Knowing where you fall short ultimately shines lighton where you excel. We can’t all excel at absolutely everything, but this justhelps us to appreciate where we excel even more.

We can hand over what we can't do well, to those who will do it well.

So while it may sound contradictory³ to feeling confident, ultimately it opens us up to the reality of being human. It frees you from the need to be a perfectionist. That in itself will sky-rocket your confidence because you also realise that everyone else is going through the exact same thing!

1 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

2 unaware   

a.不知道的，未意识到的

参考例句：

• They were unaware that war was near. 他们不知道战争即将爆发。
• I was unaware of the man's presence. 我没有察觉到那人在场。

3 contradictory   

adj.反驳的，反对的，抗辩的；n.正反对，矛盾对立

参考例句：

• The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
• What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。