If you want confidence, stop aiming to avoid failure. Aim to recover fast. Take the hit, learn the lesson, adjust, repeat. The man who can bounce back becomes fearless over time, because he trusts his ability to rebuild even when things go wrong.
A lot of luck in life boils down to how good you are at building long-term relationships with people you can have effortless and vulnerable conversations with; the more filters you need to have around someone, the less likely the relationship will last, and the best things in life happen decades after their initial starting point, usually in unpredictable ways.
@GurpriyaSidhu I've always found a strange comfort in looking up at the same moon and stars that everyone else sees, makes the alone feel a little more together.
@vegetarianmee China typically adheres to a policy of non-intervention in conflicts outside its borders, especially when those conflicts do not directly affect its core interests.