There is a general controversy nowadays over the issue whether self-confidence is the most important factor for success. Some people advocate the idea that self-confidence is the most significant element required in success believing that without self-confidence, people even don't have the courage to face the problem, while others criticize this idea contend that they cannot see a link between the two things. For whatever the opinion, I firmly support the idea that self-confidence is truly plays a significant role in contributing to an achievement due to a number reasons.
First of all, being self-confident drives people to works harder toward goals which more or less lead to success. As a person is full of self-confident, he or she should have a positive belief about himself or herself and all the works he or she does; therefore, he or she must try one's best to perform the works and keep going on until he or she finally reaches an end goal. The more confident he or she is, the better he or she is at what he or she does, which is a road to success.
In addition, having self-confidence brings people to takes risks in pursuit of goals. Mostly, people who are confident will be more inclined to take risks while pursuing his goals, but the less confident people are not likely to take risks. The less confident people are afraid of losing, afraid of failure. In contrast, those with self-confident don't see winning or accomplishing their goals as some impossible feat as they see it as an exciting challenge that is completely doable.
Last but not least, self-confident reduces chance to failure since these people see failure in a way that is different from the way a people with low self-esteem does. The confident people sees failure as a result of factors that she has power to change, such as poor preparation, lack of effort or poor skills. However, people who are not confident tend to take a negative view of failure, seeing it as something