If you are poor, hate it, dream of being successful and have the self-confidence to rise-up when knocked down, you have much of the circuitry needed to become the next Sir Richard Branson.
"Absolutely Sheryl Sandberg is right to encourage women to have more self-confidence, " she said.
Would they have the self-confidence, the civic courage of the Americans?
Christopher Ray, of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, which represents independent school leaders, told BBC News the new system could potentially harm "students who only when they get their AS-level results in Year 12 realise how bright they are, who are perhaps in an underperforming school or college and who suddenly have the self-confidence to aim for the stars".
Overall, the programme has led to significant improvements in the participants' literacy, analytical and life-skills which in turn have boosted their self-confidence and capacity to solve the problems affecting their families and communities.
But there is still something unsettling about Mr Adams's unusual hints of resignation, his references to physical and emotional exhaustion, and the self-pity that for a while at least appears to have displaced the old self-confidence.
More important, however, nationalists seem to have gained a political self-confidence that unionists now lack, born of both war-weariness and faith in the leadership of Sinn Fein and the moderate Social Democratic and Labour Party, the largest nationalist party.
Losses in U.S. wealth and self-confidence have been massive, with job conditions still worsening.
When women and men are secure in themselves, believe in their skills, and have a high level of self-confidence and self-awareness, they will generally not behave the way you described.
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"He just doesn't have the self-belief, the self-confidence that he obviously had, the Tiger of old -- simple as that, " the Englishman said.
This scheme works with hard-to-reach young people in Sunderland and helps them to raise their aspirations and develop their self-esteem so they have the confidence to seek out education, employment and training opportunities.
And then you will have to rely on bravado rather than realistic self-confidence.
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However, in the case of self-confidence, it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
Part of the African Pride Hotel group, the Melrose Arch Hotel has redefined urban chic in a city which I have come to fully embrace for its diversity and rising self-confidence, finally emerging strong from many years of its turbulent past.
The confidence-building techniques of Olympic athletes have been adapted into a self-help programme for people with anxiety and depression.
And it was the strength of my confidence in myself that brought me through what could have been a self-esteem-bashing, demoralizing situation.
Most of the coalition's problems have had less to do with its complexion than its occasional bouts of incompetence: Mr Cameron's self-confidence has sometimes tipped into insouciance and neglect of detail, as in a botched proposal to privatise forests and, more importantly, the well-intentioned but chaotic bid to make the National Health Service more efficient.
But once they have got over this initial hurdle, the computer skills acquired through SeniorNet groups are helping the elderly develop greater self-confidence, to feel more independent and overcome loneliness.
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