### condition | certainty:

Confidence
* affects other people on an emotional level.
* also contributes a great deal to happiness.
* arises from a sense of personal value.
* begets an extroverted personality, which is also true of human psychology.
* big factor in how one performs
  - thing in athletics
* builds more slowly than fear and panic.
* comes from being successful in anything in life
  - knowledge that comes from the availability of information
* form of credit
  - faith
* fundamental trait for flexibility.
* genuine sense of worthiness, goodness and most importantly acceptance of one's self.
* happens when folks feel good about themselves.
* is about a willingness to lead change through, with and for other people
  - also an issue because many managers are afraid to hire people smarter than themselves
* is an attitude that comes from being prepared
  - imperfect indicator of accuracy
  - intuitive assessment of reliability
  - belief
  - directness and courage in meeting the facts of life
  - everywhere the parent of despotism
  - friendships
  - fundamental to playing the game of roller hockey
  - identified as a specific mode of coordination of actions
  - important in both of their games and how they play
  - meant as a way of correcting a vision impairment native to humanity
  - one of the characteristics of success in the international economy
  - secrets
  - security
  - the by-product of the faith, much as fire is the result of an initial spark
* is the key difference between a soft economy and a recessionary one
  - to a dog that scents quickly
  - name of the game in college football
  - pause between heartbeats
  - probability that the recognition is correct
  - result of hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication
  - secret of strength
  - state of mind achieved by being unaware of all the facts
* major player in solving the puzzle of any lake of any size.
* personal quality that can fluxuate very easily, especially in sports.
* plays a big role when determining passing or failing
  - major role in the success and pleasure of fishing
* psychological property, a feeling of assurance that some proposition is true.
* social judgment.

### condition | certainty | confidence:

Consumer confidence
* correlates closely with joblessness, inflation, and real incomes.
* is central to our economies
  - critical to the strength of the retail sector
  - divided into present situation and expectations
  - important in most industries and most mediums of commerce
  - of critical importance, particularly as it relates to Internet commerce
  - simply a reflection of what the mass media are telling people
* key indicator to economic growth.
* leading indicator for the business cycle.

Self confidence
* can overcome fear.
* is confidence in one s mind
  - one of the most important determining factors in mathematical performance
  - that which remains unshaken even amidst disappointment
* serious problem for most Chinese people.

Inevitability
* Inevitabilities are certainty.
* combination of economic, biological, and social factors.
* is both grace and zero ground, the fuel of fate, the fire of fortune

Overconfidence
* human trait extending beyond investing.
* is certainty
  - observed in many professional fields
  - our greatest peril in natural resource management
  - the cause of many mistakes in the political world
  - well known to psychologists
* reflects an overestimate of the accuracy of one's predictions.

Chronic condition
* are a leading cause of death as well as morbidity
  - family conditions
  - medical conditions
  - subject to periods of spontaneous remission
* tax the immune system.

Circumstance
* affect health.
* are ceremony
  - possessions
* change perspective.
* contribute to survival.
* lead to convergent evolution
  - improvement
* modify the relative intensity of good and of evil.
* require purposes.
* surround accidents.