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# Confidence often depends on environmental...
> Confidence often depends on environmental familiarity. A person who appears timid in one social world may become articulate and generous in another because the second environment reduces uncertainty enough for their actual capability to emerge.
**Source:** [[livestreams/Culture, Social Belonging, and the Environments We Create - Workbook|Culture, Social Belonging, and the Environments We Create]]
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“Confidence often depends on environmental familiarity. A person who appears timid in one social world may become articulate and generous in another because the second environment reduces uncertainty enough for their actual capability to emerge.”
— Bryant McGill
https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-confidence-often-depends-actual-capability-emerge
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