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Hi, this is K-Songer and I welcome you this Tuesday to Radio Headspace. So, I was at the

local YMCA the other day working out. I was finishing up on one of the machines when

I saw the little kids in day camp leaving the gymnasium. Hmm, I thought, I haven't played

basketball in years. Why don't I go and just shoot around some? And so I did. It wasn't

long before a few guys came in and also started shooting around. What I had forgotten was

that it was time for adult pickup basketball. They asked me if I was playing today. I was

like, oh no, I'm just shooting around. And that was fine, but what struck me in that moment

is how I was fully in a space of zero confidence. I was perfectly okay with it because I knew

I hadn't played in years and basketball is not on my list of things to perfect. Yet,

and still, this was a rare feeling for me. So it got me to thinking about the notion or

the feeling of confidence. What is confidence and also how to obtain more of it? So confidence

is defined as the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something. It is a

feeling of self assurance. It's a feeling of appreciation of one's own abilities or

qualities. You know a confident person when they walk into a room or when you first talk

to them. And it's interesting because a confident person can instill a sense of comfort in others,

even inspire others with their own confidence. And the opposite is also true. Too much confidence

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