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Question: Self-Confidence for a Devotee?

Dear Guru Maharaja:

Please accept my humble obeisances.
All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Can you give me some guidance on self-confidence? What's the relation between Krishna consciousness and self-confidence, and how to be self-confident in Krishna consciousness? Once you told me the main thing in business is my self-confidence, not what I eat. After I graduate, I find that self-confidence is important in both spreading Krishna consciousness and in sales job or any type of job, because only if I manifest self-confidence in my dealings and speaks, people will put trust in me.

Your humble servant
Jeffrey
 

Answer: A Devotee Enjoys Unlimited Self-Confidence

As long as one tries to be self-confident on the false material platform of "I am this body." his self-confidence will always be defective and imperfect. But when one becomes self-confident on the eternal spiritual platform of "I am the eternal spirit-soul, servant of Krishna." he enjoys unlimited self-confidence that can never be destroyed by anything. Because the devotee has complete trust in himself, that he is living his life perfectly in accordance with the orders of the Lord, he is naturally greatly trusted by others and can win the trust of the entire world.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari