Self-confidence is self-affirmation and belief from the heart. Self-confidence is very important in interpersonal communication and career. Self-confidence can make a person move from ordinary to brilliant; Self-confidence can make a person see hope from despair; Self-confidence can make a person move from darkness to light. Self-confidence is the guarantee of a person's career success. Of course, a confident person will not go smoothly, but he has opened a skylight in his soul to let the sun float in from the window. Even in rainy days, he learned to create the sun, and that sun just has confidence in himself.

Second, the relevant materials

(A) Famous aphorisms

1. Since God has given talents, let them be used! , spin one thousand silver, all back! . -Li Bai

Only those who have the belief of winning can become winners on the battlefield. -Higginson

Confidence in yourself is the first step on the road to success. -Einstein

People who made great achievements in ancient times not only had extraordinary talents, but also had perseverance. -Su Shi

They can do it because they think they can. Virgil

6. Whether a person has achieved anything depends only on his self-esteem and self-confidence. -Socrates

(2) Celebrity cases

Napoleon

Napoleon was the first ruler of the First Republic of France and the most outstanding politician and strategist in French history. His confidence has always been admired by future generations. Once, a soldier rode a horse to deliver a letter to Napoleon. Because of the emergency, the horse ran a long distance and too fast, so it fell to the ground and died after reaching Napoleon's barracks. After receiving the letter, Napoleon wrote a reply immediately, gave it to the soldier, let him get on the horse, and quickly sent the letter back to its original place. The soldier saw the strong horse, and its decoration was surprisingly luxurious. He said to Napoleon, "No, general, I'm just a mediocre soldier. I really don't deserve to ride this fine horse." Napoleon replied: "there is nothing in the world that French soldiers don't deserve."

Mao sui

During the Warring States period, the Qin army surrounded Handan, the capital of Zhao. Zhao sent to Chu for help. Diners in Ping Yuanjun are very confident, recommend themselves and ask to go. As a result, he finally persuaded the king of Chu to agree to rescue Zhao. Later generations used "volunteering" as a metaphor for voluntary service and self-recommendation. This story also reflects that Mao Sui is a confident person.

Obama

When Obama was young, he was very insecure and stuttered because of the color of his skin. His mother found him a job and ordered newspapers from house to house in the block after school. Encouraged by his mother, Obama bravely knocked on his neighbors' doors and tried to communicate with them. Several neighbors became his loyal subscribers. With the experience of earning "the first bucket of gold", he stopped stuttering. It was the precious self-confidence of childhood that made Obama step by step toward the first African-American president in the United States.

[Name] Albert Einstein (Jewish theoretical physicist)

After the publication of Einstein's theory of relativity, someone once wrote a book "One hundred people refute the theory of relativity" and collected a group of so-called celebrities to make a huge rebuttal to this theory. However, Einstein was confident that his theory would win and rejected the rebuttal. He said: "If my theory is wrong, a rebuttal is enough, and a hundred zeros add up to zero." He strengthened his belief in winning, persisted in his research, and finally made "Theory of Relativity" a great theory in the 20th century, attracting worldwide attention.