How confident can you be, before you become cocky?

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I think the difference between arrogance and confidence is almost like that between genius and stupidity. Confidence has limitations while arrogance knows none.

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artistaeli	Posted Nov 8th, 2009 at 3:37PM You can never have enough confidence. Confidence is positive and means 'believing in ones own abilities'. Cockiness is a different thing altogether. It means 'to be excessively proud of your self' and usually involves putting other people down, or making them feel insecure, in the process. So the anwer to your question is don't be so excessively proud that you make someone else feel uncomfortable. (This will depend very much on how secure those people are, who are around you and remember those who call you cocky are usually jealous of your confidence/abilities, anyway) Rated: +3Vote for this!
kittycat101303	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:28PM DAMN IM HOTT! sorry what were you saying? :/ my attractiveness distracted me. Rated: +2Vote for this!
miserysmycompany	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:33PM Doubt yourself for a second, you're insecure. Have a moment of confidence and you're labeled cocky. Either way you lose. Rated: +2Vote for this!
durbanpoison	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:24PM i prefered you and him together... sorry what was the Q? Rated: +1Vote for this!
JoeDeGhetto	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:26PM When you fail to look at feedback. At that point the confidence becomes arrogance. You start to think like a republican. You join the GOP. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Missy14	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:29PM sometimes they are the same thing for me. Rated: +1Vote for this!
butterflying	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:34PM About 10 pounds. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Tuva	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:36PM 17. Not sure what that is, but you seemed to want some kind of a quantitative measure. So 17 it is. Rated: +1Vote for this!
Sunbook	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:48PM Confident is a state of mind...cocky is making sure everybody knows it.... Rated: +1Vote for this!
booradley	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:50PM Confidence: "I'm awesome and I know it." Cockiness: "I'm better than you and I won't shut up until everyone knows it." Cockiness doesn't have as much to do with confidence as people tend to think. Confidence is good (generally speaking.) Cockiness is just obnoxious and a sign of immaturity and a desperate attempt to cover up insecurity. Rated: +1Vote for this!
AcherB	Posted Nov 7th, 2009 at 11:58PM Well said Sunbook Cocky is just form of bragging. Rated: +1Vote for this!
ReeceH	Posted Nov 8th, 2009 at 12:04AM Sunbook is right, its a state of mind, nothing more. Its everyone else that thinks your cocky Rated: +1Vote for this!
TravelinMan39	Posted Nov 8th, 2009 at 1:20AM Exactly what ArtistAeli said. Confidence - Humility = Cocky. Without humility, you cannot have a realistic estimate of yourself. What you see in the mirror will be inflated and distorted by pride. To the trained eye, mainly older people, you will appear exactly as you are: pretentious and foolish. "Pride goeth before destruction. A haughty spirit before a fall" - a Bible verse Rated: +1Vote for this!

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