What are your thoughts on being humble? And how to balance being humble, while also maintaining an unwavering, passionate belief in yourself?

If you working to 100% of your capacity at something, and you’re good at it, do you have more leeway with how not-humble you can appear? Also, is it more important to appear humble in general, while internally believing that you can conquer anything?

It seems like self belief, even when it’s not rooted in comparison to other people or beating other people, rubs people the wrong way. Should you just view it as a them problem and continue to live your life with confidence, urgency, belief. Idk man.

When I was younger, I was humble, and made myself smaller to make other people more comfortable. My social relationships were better, but it hindered me in my own goals. Over the last few years, I’ve lived my life uninhibited, not caring about what other people think of me at all. I’ve been getting everything I want in life, have been fulfilled personally, and professionally, but my social relationships have shit the bed lol.

Why is being self deprecating seen as a virtue.

Also, issue stems from me only being able to think in black or white. It’s either I am over confident and just functioning off of pure mania, and belief in myself. Or, i over think and doubt myself, and it consumes me. So, fuck man, I much rather embody the former and just be go go go, and get shit done, and not have any guilt conscious or givings of a fuck.