In your own words whats the difference between someone who is arrogant vs someone who is confident?

[Still-alive]

I feel like these two things also get mixed up a lot. How do you differentiate between them?

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

I see confidence as the lack of fear of failing, not the belief that we will succeed.

Arrogance as I see it is not over-confidence, since we can't develop arrogance by the absence of failing. That requires an ego.

If I use a simple example, take someone who only sings Karaoke because they believe they're amazing at singing. That's coming from a place of ego, a belief that they will succeed, and it'll probably veer towards arrogance. It's also fragile since the person isn't remotely prepared to be booed off the stage.

Meanwhile, compare that to someone who even knows that they're tone deaf and still sings anyway and isn't even afraid to be booed off the stage. That's true confidence as I see it. It's not coming from believing we're hot stuff, but willing to try anyway because we aren't afraid to fail.

[GuyAnswersGirls123]

( [..] we can't develop arrogance by the absence of [fear of failing, sorry] [...]

[Sonorous]

Okay, in my own words, I'd say that arrogance is viewing others as beneath you & confidence is just the emotion someone might feel when they're in a position of power. Someone can be confident & arrogant but not arrogant simply because they're confident.

For instance, I'm better at the piano than most people because I've practiced at it for so long. But I also understand that I'll never be as good as many professionals due to not being as innately talented or passionate about it as they are. So, though I have the confidence to play for other people & view myself as being good at the piano, I'm not arrogant about it because I never genuinely believe or give people the impression that I'm innately better than them because of it.

[handsomelad70]

Confident people are aware of their fortes (and accepting of their shortcomings) without belittling others perhaps less adept, the hallmark of an arrogant person.

[Sonorous]

@handsomelad70 - It appears that while we may share common ground regarding the traits of arrogance, a discrepancy arises in our perspectives on the attributes of confidence.

I believe that confidence serves as an indicator of someone's belief of their own competency. And that arrogance is simply an intensified level/type of confidence.

[RebelinSteel]

It is very close between confidence, over confidence and being arrogant. Someone that is confident will not usually abuse others, someone that is arrogant will. Someone who is genuinely confident will ask for help when they need it, someone over confident will not ask and someone arrogant will demand it or shout about why it’s not just been given.

[Telekinetic-Potato]

Confidence comes from overcoming fear.

The thing about fear is that people aren't afraid of what they don't know, they're afraid of what they know about themselves.

Arrogence is when you're too stupid to be afraid in the first place.

[worldscolide]

Arrogant people advertise, Confident dont need to advertise. if you get what i mean. Its the same with "strong independent women" Those that are actually strong independent women, are too busy to advertise it, those that do advertise simply aren't strong and independent.

[SweetDripp]

A confident person knows they have the ability to do something. An arrogant person makes sure everyone else knows they have the ability to do something.

[IslaTheWitch]

arrogance is based on insecurities, and confidence is based on your strengths

[ProbablyClueless]

Follow through. A genuinely confident person is going to have the ability to folllow through on what they tell you (and they will have lots of evidence of them doing exactly that).

[Ms_Facesitter]

confident person believes in himself. An arrogant person also believes in himself, but might think more of himself than he's actually worth. And he'll let you know, annoyingly :p

[Billlewis]

If she's arrogant, I'll probably fall in love with her... lol

[OddBeMe]

I’d say arrogance is a sign of feelings incompetence.

[VIVANT]

Kindness and humility

[VIVANT]

Arrogant people tend to be I wide want o compensate they are extreme self promoting and specifically, by denigrating others, whether openly or privately.

in my opinion, A truly confident person has no problem believing in others ability and lifting them up.