[Frost1x]

If I've learned anything in my life, it's that confidence trumps competence when it comes to most people making judgement evaluations. People love confidence and falsely correlate it with competence (maybe it's an old survival trait we humans inherited before manipulative language came about).

If you're competent, you likely hesitate because most cases are truly not clear cut when viewed through a lens of knowledge with a conscious.

It's easy to come off as confident when you're ignorant or know that simply appearing confident has a positive effect. The real key is to be competent and hide your hesitations/in decisions with confidence. The real problem is discerning which a person is: ignorant, manipulative, or a great leader--so confidence isn't a good measure for me. The only good measure is a historical record of good decisions or clear communication from leadership.