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Cocky (adj): Having  or showing confidence in a way that is annoying to other people.

Are you the type of person who has never, I repeat, never held a discussion in which you vehemently denied being a cocky person?  If so, this post may not be for you as your time is likely better spent over at wired dot-com or reading Popular Science magazine. However, if your desire is to see how the other half-lives then please, by all means, read with us. What? I kid, those sites are interesting reads and furthermore nerds are en vogue and will continue to be as long as they own the world. I’ll just cut to the chase.

Personally, It seems I’m constantly mistaken for being a cocky man.  My claims of being simply confident in who I am, despite experiencing normal ups and downs in life, seem to blast in one ear and out the other, and I’m referring to friends, family and perfect strangers.  sigh

Here’s my take:  the phenomenon I coined known as “the cocky misunderstanding” (All rights reserved, 2015), comes from one of two if not both of the following scenarios: 1. Outward appearance, and 2. The words we speak.

Firstly, judgement is usually made before one single word is spoken as overtly cocky conclusions are drawn when your appearance is well, dapper or Lookbook quality, particularly when your style is expressive, and bold.  From my perspective, clothes are merely an outward expression of my personality or mood of the day, and not a hands waving, “hey look at me over here”, theatrical event. Nope, not me. My mood changes as does my style but I will always remain confident in who I am regardless of the outfit.  It’s just natural to be bold and expressive when you have a voice and a mind of your very own, and don’t we all?

Secondly, dare not speak positively about, well, something involving lifestyle transformations or change or risk or prosperity or vision as you will quickly be mislabeled.  Let me rephrase, the boldness in which we speak  about these things leads to the cocky misunderstanding. Check any popular blog and you’ll find a troll for every topic known to mankind, in all of history lurking to pounce on anything you say because your confidence annoys them.  Look, It boils down to the actions taken after your voice is heard. It boils down to the actions taken after your voice is heard.

Example:  You see an attractive person sitting alone while you’re talking to a group of friends.  If you’re the only person in your group who will risk it all by walking over, introducing yourself and holding a one on one conversation on the fly with a random, hot stranger, then you have likely been a victim of the cocky misunderstanding.  Action speaks louder than words, and the adjective or verb”hot” is the deciding factor in this scenario as it ups the ante as it relates to ones boldness.  But, it’s just a conversation with someone new.  What could possibly go that far south to the point of embarrassment is how most men think, but the next step is critical.  The next step involves walking over

Example:  If you speak life into every situation. If you  always find a silver-lining despite overwhelming odds.  If you repeat what you can and will do and then put it into action,  then you have likely been a victim of the cocky misunderstanding. Entrepreneurs do it all the time and are applauded and hated for their risk taking ability and wealth overflow lifestyle. Hmm, we want to see what that lives like too, don’t we ? Because we would do it better than them! We would…and then we find out you have to be willing to grind and then try harder.  And take a step and walk.

So whats the moral to this self-absorbed, narcissistic diatribe of a post? There’s a thin line between cockiness and confidence, but a line does in fact exist. When actions engulf your mind (vision) and you see the first step and you’re walking in it then you will understand the meaning of the bold presentation  and her dialogue that exudes confidence.

And furthermore, we’re fragile human beings who need to be heard and cuddled.  And guess what? there are millions of us out there ! So stand up and be heard ! Women and men embrace this call for action !  And it is at this very moment that we wonder how we morphed from 0 to 100 so quickly. Beam me up!