Does being confident .. make you arrogant?

Question

or vice versa ..
how can you tell your simply confident without being arogent?

serious answers plz .. i really want to know

Answer 1

If you are truly confident you have no need of arrogance. You are able to accept others just where and how they are because they do not threaten you.



When you are confident in what and who you are others do not challenge you and you are able to clearly see that you are in a position to have empathy for the less fortunate and respect for those more fortunate than yourself.



If you find yourself feeling the need to prove yourself to others it is because you are unsure of your own worth.



This is how I see it anyway.



Good luck...at least you are asking, which means there is a great deal of hope for you.

Answer 2

Confident is about how you stand, the image you project - but you can think about others when you are being confident. You can ask a confident question, you can have a confident conversation - you can be genuinely interested in the other person when you are confident.



When you are arrogant, it's more like an attitude of "it's all about me". Arrogant people want to show how great they are - how good looking, how smart, how whatever. Confident people don't need to prove anything like that. It's not all about you when you're confident.

Answer 3

Perhaps the context is someone who is confident, yet he/she appreciates what is there and does not expound upon their obvious positives to everyone.



If you don't appreciate and openly promote yourself, then you can certainly appear arrogant. Some people do not see that distinction, till they are put on the spot.



Best rule of thumb is, be confident and do not be afraid of it, but try not to be the one who brings up that good trait in conversation all the time. If you are focused and selfish about you you you... then it gets old fast and instant label is coming.



i am confidant in certain fields, but honestly rather people see that for themselves then me be the cheerleader. Rather be labeled reserved then arrogant. But it is a personal preference.

Answer 4

Just be happy and content with yourself and be kind to others. The difference between confidence and arrogance is that arrogant people aren't REALLY confident--they just try to convince themselves they're on a higher pedestal than others and try to make other people feel like they're on a lower pedestal to verify their attempt to convince themselves they're better. Truly confident people know that they're good people who are talented and have a place in the world and who work hard to accomplish what they want and celebrate the successes and try to help other people achieve the same level of confidence as themselves.

Answer 5

No, being confident just makes you confident. There is often a very thin line between Confident and Arrogant, but they are not the same thing.

Answer 6

Not at all, just don't be too rude or disrespectful. Usually people who are arrogant, are people who are so confident, they feel like they're better than everyone. You can be confident in yourself, without feeling negatively towards others, and that's the right confidence to be. Just remember to feel good about yourself, and treat other people with respect.

Answer 7

It depends if your confident to say a speech in front of 3000 people that's OK but if your confident that you are a strong person that can lead to arrogance because you will start to think that you are the strongest person

Answer 8

Excessive confidence is arrogance. You've got to have a realistic view of yourself and your abilities in order to avoid excessive confidence.



Feelings must be based on reality as much as possible. And the best way to have realistic confidence is to change the reality in your favor, i.e. you've got to work hard and actually make yourself more competent and able.

Answer 9

Self confidence is the ability to rely on your own abilities to get you through some given situation. Arrogance occurs when you take pleasure in pointing your self-confidence out to other people.

Answer 10

no not really this is something people call me all the time. i'm very confident and can be arrogent at times but try to keep it to yourself. most pp feel threatned by a confident person it's ok. just try not to say how confident you are let it come through your body language.

-meghan

Answer 11

arrogance is offensive to other people.



confident is assured.



Humility is when someone is confident, but not arrogant.



You are confident that you can get all A's in science class, but you are arrogant if you tell everyone that you are better than them at science, because you are being offensively confident.

Answer 12

Being confident is knowing that you are great, and that you are capable of doing great things...being arrogant is low self-esteem disguised in a portrayal that you are confident and trying to make others (and yourself) believe that it is confidence.

Answer 13

Being confident doesn't always make you arrogant, but I believe being arrogant gives you a false sense of confidence.



arrogant ~ you boast about what you can do

confident ~ you just do it

Answer 14

the difference between confidence and arrogance is how you act. an arrogant person thinks they are better than another person, a confident person respects not only themselves, but others as well.

Answer 15

arrogance is lacking humility and the ability to be humble. You can be confident without being over bearing and offensive, disregarding the feelings of others

Answer 16

Confidence is simply know that you're just as good as everyone else. Arrogance is thinking that you're better.

Answer 17

Nothing wrong with being confident, but if you over do it, like you act like you are the only person in the room,then you look like an a**

Answer 18

actually effective. i'm an rather decisive man or woman. people who think of they be attentive to each thing are basically one mistake far flung from proving themselves incorrect! self assurance without humility is conceitedness. I continually evaluate the implications, and am no longer afraid to admit while somebody else has a extra suited answer.

Answer 19

No. Its all in how you project your confidence to people. This can be done without appearing arrogant.

Answer 20

arrogent is when people cant sttand to be around you. There is nothing wrong with being confident as lond as you dont think you are better than everyone else (arrogant)

Answer 21

confidence is a good thing.



when you start thinking that you're better than anyone else you've crossed the line into being arrogant.

Answer 22

Confidence can have humility in it. Arrogance should cause humiliation.

Answer 23

There is a fine line.

Confidence is a belief in yourself that people recognize.

If you have to brag to make that happen, it's arrogance.

Answer 24

by just being confident. and not being arrogant. It is simple.

Answer 25

Confidence is feeling good about yourself.....arrogance is feeling that your better than everyone.......

Answer 26

Arrogant people tend to be _over_ confident.

Answer 27

example of confidence is saying "I can do this"

and arrogant people will say "It's only me who can do this, no one else"

Answer 28

No. I'm confident but I don't consider myself superior.

Answer 29

if you feel the need to boast or show someone up then you are somewaht arrogant.



if you feel obliged to do something then you are not being arrogant.

Answer 30

Yes, you can be conident and not arrogant. It is about the way you present you opinions and self.

Answer 31

no.....over confidence makes you arrogant

Answer 32

hmm



if u r confident.............u got to be humble.........and polite..........and u should help someone who is looking up for a help (answer)



infact knowledge breeds humbleness.........then only will u make a man of yourself



ignoring / being sarcastic represent arrogence.



bye

Answer 33

only if you let it make you arrogant or vise versa

Answer 34

If you are not careful or mindful, yes. But someone will let you know about it.

Answer 35

No, as long as you don't think that you are better then everyone else and brag a lot.

Answer 36

i dont think so. im confident and some people hate me for it, but oh well atleast im happy.

Answer 37

I'm not sure.

Answer 38

no thats not true

Answer 39

no

Answer 40

no, being cocky does

Answer 41

no