<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Confidence is not the belief that every judgment... > Confidence is not the belief that every judgment will be favorable. It is the ability to remain in contact with what is true about your life and work while other people exercise their freedom to interpret it. The person remains available to correction without surrendering self-definition to every passing reaction. **Source:** [[livestreams/Building Confidence Through Honest Self-Presentation - Workbook|Building Confidence Through Honest Self-Presentation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Confidence is not the belief that every judgment will be favorable. It is the ability to remain in contact with what is true about your life and work while other people exercise their freedom to interpret it. The person remains available to correction without surrendering self-definition to every passing reaction.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-confidence-belief-every-every-passing-reaction ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->