Lumifer comments on Self-confidence and status - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 24 August 2015 02:58:10AM *  4 points [-]

You are essentially defining self-confidence as a measure of how useful you are to others. That looks really strange to me.

Off the top of my head I would probably specify self-confidence to be a function of three variables:

  • How powerful do you feel
  • How competent do you feel
  • How much do you think is at risk

Accordingly, to become more self-confident you should acquire more power, become more competent, and manage your risks.