My confidence and self-esteem were shattered as I prepared myself for the inevitable news.

我的自信和自尊已经荡然无存，准备迎接无法躲避的坏消息。

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Don't find a reason for failure, so easy to lose self-confidence; Want to find a countermeasure for failure, so as to produce power.

别为失败找个理由，这样容易失去自信；要为失败找个对策，这样才能产生力量。

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Foundation for Women to build self-esteem in girls at an age when some researchers have found their confidence eroding as they of then begin deferring to boys.

某些研究人员发现这个年龄段的女孩子自信心减弱，因为她们常常听从男孩子的意见。

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Jack Welch used to talk about self-confidence as a critical characteristic for managerial success.

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He said the Olympics had been a "massive self-confidence boost" about "who we are as a country and what we stand for".

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