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                         %CONFIDENCE VERSUS FAILURE 770925

     Confidence is the enemy of failure,  as the  lack  of
confidence  usually  occasions  failure.    Actions  which
undermine people's confidence in in appropriate ways  thus
occasion  failures,  even when success is possible;  e.g.,
the stern application  of  high  standards  of performance
usually  undermines  the  confidence of all but  the  most
gifted  and  motivated  students---and  so  occasions  the
failures of many to fulfill their potentials for success.

     Confidence may pertain to the propriety of a venture,
project, course of study, personal relationship, or sexual
relationship.     Confidence  may  also  pertain  to   the
desirability,  practicality,  value,  or ultimate worth of
the  same.    Confidence may pertain to personal  ability,
luck,  fortune, destiny,  chances of success.   Failure is
often  occasioned by somebody undermining another person's
confidence---by casting doubt upon propriety,  worth,   or
chances   of   success.    The  ambiguity  thus  generated
undermines  confidence,   motivation,    and   guidance---
occasioning  a listless drifting which fails to accomplish
anything of value through a lack of integrity.   People of
integrity maintain confidence in the propriety, worth, and
chances of success---of their ventures,  projects, courses
of    study,    personal   relationships,    and    sexual
relationships.

     Humane  confidence is rooted in  meaningful  personal
relationships  which  bring  pleasure and  fulfillment  to
those  involved.    When children do  not  find  pleasure,
fulfillment,  and  meaning  in their personal lives---they
are likely to turn to inhumane ventures, projects, courses
of    study,    personal   relationships,    and    sexual
relationships.  They  are  usually  able to copy or invent
ways to be successful,  and therefore self-confident.   If
their  confidence  in humane relationships is  undermined,
they   seek  confidence  in  inhumane  relationships   and
activities.    This often means  turning away from  humane
subjective  considerations and  becoming  more exclusively
focused in on objective technical considerations---whereby
people are treated objectively, as objects.  Such turnings
lead the way to failures to be humane,  and so failures to
find meaning and fulfillment.   Confidence in the ultimate
worth of living is thus lost.

                                                                                                                               
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