5 Signs You're Way More Confident Than You Give Yourself Credit For

Number one, you thought this article was about someone else.

Confidence doesn't always look like the loud person at the party. Quiet confidence is real and you probably have more of it than you think. Here are five signs you're already there.

First, you can say 'I don't know' without your stomach dropping. Admitting a gap takes more security than faking an answer. Second, you're comfortable changing your mind when you learn something new, instead of digging in to save face.

Third, other people's wins genuinely make you happy. Insecurity feels threatened by success. Confidence claps for it. Fourth, you can sit alone in a cafe or eat lunch by yourself without feeling like everyone's watching you.

And fifth, you apologise properly when you're wrong, without a dozen excuses tacked on. That takes a steady sense of self. If you recognised even two of these, stop waiting to feel confident someday. Look in the mirror. You already are.