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"The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act." I feel many investors or even people in general misinterpret being relaxed and non-intense (vs.
by loceng 12y ago
"The less confident you are, the more serious you have to act."
I feel many investors or even people in general misinterpret being relaxed and non-intense (vs. being serious) as someone who's not passionate or uninterested or not a go-getter.
It's been reoccurring to get advice of the nature that you have to wow people with a high-intensity pitch in order to win investors over, though that feels completely wrong to me - which this quote nicely encompasses.
- rokhayakebe 12y agoUnfortunately this is not a problem limited to VCs. It is everywhere apparent. Confidence, imo, is one of the top five worst words of this decade. "Girls like confident men," "Boss wants a confident problem solver," "the coach wants a confident lead player." To my kids, I will teach Courage, instead.
- megaultra 12y agoI'm adding this my my list of great quotes!
- loceng 12y agoThis reminds me of something I heard a long while ago, you should ask your children how they want to be when they're older, not what they want to be.
- lostcolony 12y agoI think people confuse confidence with bluster. Confidence is delivering "I don't know" with an air of acceptance.
- mjklin 12y ago"The passionate state of mind is often indicative of a lack of skill, talent or power. Moreover, passionate intensity can serve as a substitute for the confidence born of proficiency and the possession of power. A workingman sure of his skill goes leisurely about his job, and accomplishes much though he works as if at play. On the other hand, the workingman who is without confidence attacks his work as if he is saving the world, and he must do it if he is to get anything done." -- Eric Hoffer, The Passionate State of Mind