What if I put a board on the floor in front of you and ask you to walk on it? Most likely, you can do this without difficulty. You will not stumble, because you are absolutely sure that you can walk the board easily, that you will, of course, succeed. Now imagine that I placed the same board not 10 cm from the floor, but threw it over an abyss. Will you be able to walk along it as easily and naturally? Can you walk on it? It would seem that what has changed? The board is the same. Size, width, length... The board is the same, but your confidence is different. Or, perhaps, there is no longer any confidence at all. ... A fortune teller told one of my friends that she would go to live in Europe at the age of 25. Now an acquaintance in Germany, she left after concluding an employment contract. In a confidential conversation, the girl admitted that if not for these “predictions” that instilled confidence in her, she would never have had the patience and strength to go through all the vicissitudes and overcome all the difficulties of drawing up a contract. I note that the girl had never before been particularly independent and assertive in achieving her goals. Rather, I was floating with the flow of life, not being very sure that it could be changed..