confidence is key

I've been told before that I need to be more confident.

The thing is...I am confident. I have a confidence about me that I choose not to display in the normal ways.

I have each one of my abilities assessed accurately and for that, I am confident.

When someone asks me a question about how good I am at something or how smart I am I choose to respond that I'm average. In that instance I can tell the other person's opinion of my answer. Some are frustrated by my lack of detail, some accept it as modesty, and some mistake it for a lack of confidence. I know "how smart I am" or "how good I am" at different things, but it isn't for me to tell the person asking. If we based our knowledge of others solely off what they told us was true then we would oftentimes be led astray.

Confidence isn't telling someone how good you are at something, confidence is leaving it up for interpretation knowing that your actions will speak far louder than your words ever could have. 

Plenty of men are confident in abilities they do not possess. Plenty of men lack confidence.

I'm not one of those men.

I'm a man with an understanding of self. With a deep understanding of what I have to offer each person and each situation I am cast into. I'm just a man who doesn't feel the need to tell you he is good at something. A man who would rather you take the time to figure him out on your own.

Don't ask me what I can do. Get to know me and see what I can.

NP:  Don't Wake Me Up- Chris Brown