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  2. Boldness - Wikipedia

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    Boldness is the opposite of shyness. To be bold implies a willingness to get things done despite risks. [1] For example, in the context of sociability, a bold person may be willing to risk shame or rejection in social situations, or to bend rules of etiquette or politeness. An excessively bold person could aggressively ask for money, or ...

  3. Myia (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    An ancient Greek proverb connected to this story was μυίης θάρσος (literally 'the fly's boldness'), said for those who were of excessive boldness. [1]Similarly to the myth of the boy-turned-rooster Alectryon (also surviving in the works of Lucian) Myia's story is an aetiological myth which nonetheless does not link its protagonist to a specific Greek place or lineage, with a ...

  4. Courage - Wikipedia

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    "A realistic confidence in the worth of a cause that motivates positive action." "Knowing our own skills and abilities. A second meaning of appropriate confidence then is a form of self-knowledge." [7] Without an appropriate balance between fear and confidence when facing a threat, one cannot have the courage to overcome it.

  5. The Most Inspirational Books to Read in Your Search for Meaning

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    These inspirational books offer a refreshing new way of looking at life to help you feel unstuck. They cross genres including fiction, self-help, poetry and memoir, and they will make you laugh ...

  6. List of best-selling books - Wikipedia

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    This page provides lists of best-selling books and book series to date and in any language. "Best-selling" refers to the estimated number of copies sold of each book, rather than the number of books printed or currently owned. Comics and textbooks are not included in this list. The books are listed according to the highest sales estimate as ...

  7. Hubris - Wikipedia

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    The Oxford English Dictionary defines "arrogance" in terms of "high or inflated opinion of one's own abilities, importance, etc., that gives rise to presumption or excessive self-confidence, or to a feeling or attitude of being superior to others [...]." [25] Adrian Davies sees arrogance as more generic and less severe than hubris. [26]

  8. Overconfidence effect - Wikipedia

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    If human confidence had perfect calibration, judgments with 100% confidence would be correct 100% of the time, 90% confidence correct 90% of the time, and so on for the other levels of confidence. By contrast, the key finding is that confidence exceeds accuracy so long as the subject is answering hard questions about an unfamiliar topic.

  9. Inspirational fiction - Wikipedia

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    It has become more common for booksellers and libraries to consider inspirational fiction to be a separate genre, classifying and shelving books accordingly. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Reasons for this include the increased popularity of inspirational fiction in recent years, and the appeal of inspirational fiction beyond readers of the genre that these books ...