What is Confidence?
Today I presented with Doug, at the Velocity Project Exhibition. Yes, I do presentations for fun.
The presentation was on the project called ColorTheNet, which we’ve worked on throughout the term.
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Presenting in front of an audience isn’t easy. I’ve always been shy, but in the past few years I’ve been able to overcome it for the most part. There are days when I go back into a shy state. There is this common misconseption that shy people should be feared, they seem like they’re always planning something.
But what is being shy really? Being shy is caring. Caring about the way you look, the way you stand, the way you act, the things you say. But though you care, you care in the least selfish way imagineable. You care because of the people around you. Don’t get me wrong, it doesn’t mean that people who are confident, don’t care. It’s just that they do so within a bigger picture. While a shy person does so in a fragmented way. Takes tiny steps with each action. Strategically plans every move, every conversation, to not offend, not insult. For a shy person being confident, takes practice, but with time, I belive that shyness can be overcome.
