It is often thought that success will build confidence. But I think that real confidence is in being okay with your failures, content with not being the best at something. Real confidence comes from being secure in your identity, which, while being shaped by your experiences, is not defined by them.
When confidence turns into arrogance, I don't want to say that that is borne out of an insecurity of identity, because I can't make that judgment. But it seems to me that real confidence leads to humility. If you're confident in who you are, you don't need to be the best, you don't need to make yourself feel superior. Maybe, when we really have confidence in who we are, we can actually stop focusing on ourselves and begin to love others.
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