what's life without confidence?

“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it, I know I can achieve it.”
last week, i called my friend who used my best friend in secondary sch 3 yrs ago but because we have to take a different route, we did not have time to interact more with each other like we used to.

when i called her, she told me everything, i felt very sorry for her.

both of us were in the same class until we are sec 4. when we are sec 4, we took our 'N' levels..
unfortunately, she did not make for her 'N' level. So, we had to go to different classes. but the second time she took her 'N' levels, she made it. by that time, i had already taken my 'O' levels..

before she took 'O' level for the first time, she was very confident and i thought she would get better grades than me. becoz... i've never seen her so confident before.

but i was wrong... she did not make it.she only passed 2 subjects...

and so now, she had to take 'O' levels again, she told me that she have no confidence in herself.
i know her style of studying...since sec 1, she will not ask her teacher questions to clarify her doubts. she's too shy...

this is very difficult beoz if you don't ask, you will never get to know the answer and will never improve in your studies. not only in studies but anything in life.

everyone needs confidence in their life...for example, if you are a teacher/ taxi driver/ chef, u need confidence to teach, drive, cook...

without confidence, you can't move on with life...


so...i told her that i am going to help her in building her self-esteem.
i hope that by helping her to build her confidence level, she can at least make her passed all the 4 subjects tat she retake this yr ...