How to determine confidence vs arrogance?

[Zion]

How do you determine if you're being arrogant or confident?

[Megan Alecia]

You ask yourself - "am I saying this to put myself above him or her, or am I saying this because I sincerely believe in it."

There's a reason why "fake it till you make it" is such a popular catchprase in society lol.

Edited April 6, 2021 by Megan Alecia

[Zion]

@Megan Alecia Interesting perspective, thank you.

[lmfao]

Arrogance is a certain sense of the word "pride". Pride as a "deadly sin". Scoffing at others, the story of Lucifer/Iblis refusing to humble himself and prostrate before Adam (who maybe symbolises earth in some abstract sense?).
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With arrogance perhaps there is a certain kind of insecurity. In contrast to "confidence". Touchy and sensitive to someone saying something critical. Someone says something you perceive as a threat to your self image, and that instantly turns into a negative emotion. But we only see the negative emotion and it's harder to directly see the aspect of what created that emotion. 

"True confidence" in contrast probably isn't touchy and sensitive like that. Not being insecure, so its secure

Edited April 6, 2021 by lmfao

[allislove]

@Zion

Confidence doesn't need approval from other people, arrogance does. If it's about proving your opinion to others it's arrogance. If it's about feeling good together it's confidence  

[Origins]

@Zion Arrogance is more synonymous with insecurity. I mean, its easy to perceive me as arrogant but maybe something else is at play. i'm working on my empathy recently for example, its kind of a big deal, I'm probably going to be one of the most empathic people on the planet, I'm already starting to invent my own terminology that you won't find on the internet or the most nieche internet space of sensitive people too afraid to meet up in public due to their endless list of social phobias and anxieties. Poke at the insecurities, small to plentiful is predictive, outside of this sometimes its sheer ignorance at play, you're ignorantly confident and not arrogant, it makes you look arrogant.