Core Confidence

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Quick Definition: Personal confidence that does not come from an external source.

Core confidence is the inner confidence which is innate and permanent to a person. Often, this is partially due to genetics and a person’s upbringing. It is the natural state and level of a person’s confidence regardless of his circumstances.

Tyler Durden uses the example of the restaurant manager, who may not be that good looking or cool, but has gotten laid, by all of his waitresses. This is because he has situational confidence within his domain. He is the boss and the one with the power that women respond to. But take that same owner, and put him in a new bar in a new city. He no longer has his situational confidence boosters, and much rely on his core confidence.

Core confidence can be developed over time if one is able to create situational circumstances that feed positive pings to his frame, and beings a cycle of healthy entitlement of what is possible with one’s life. Vincent Chase has a innate core confidence and a healthy (sometimes over-indulgence) entitlement in life. His core confidence comes not only from his looks, but also his upbringing with always having things his way:

Usage: Traveling allows us to gain core confidence because the situation is always changing.

Related Links:

• Building Unshakeable Confidence – Pickup Podcast episode featuring Matthew Hussey