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• A shy, cardiac surgeon who has never performed in front of a crowd
can perform cardiac surgery when witnessed by 50,000 spectators

confidently.

• Lalu Prasad Yadav can address a crowd in Bihar/India/ anywhere in the
world without any sign of nerves.

• Ravi Shastri can speak about Cricket and other issues in public confi-
dently.

Analysis of above Examples of Confidence

• Sehwag is shy in general, but is very confident in his craft. This ex-
plains his behaviour. The same reason explains the behaviour of the

Math teacher in the example quoted.

• The examples of facing the fast bowler and performing surgery show
absence of nerves because the focus is so much on the serious task in

hand that the mind cannot afford to dwell on any other issue, thus in-

ducing confidence.

• The case of Lalu Prasad is one of immense practice and experience in

the field, generating confidence.

• The case of Ravi Shastri is one of confidence in playing cricket, having
knowledge of the game and speaking about it, providing him the

general self-belief to remain confident in other somewhat related

fields as well.

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