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Genius, confidence, and how this is influenced by the way in which each person grows up

Today, I would like to talk about “ confidence “ and “ genius ”. When talking about this topic, Franz Liszt is a good example to bring up because he was like the epitome of confidence, and he was a genius as well. Franz Liszt 's confidence was quite impressive besides his out of this world level of piano playing and  his compositions, and his stormy, yet sweet and very generous,  personality.  Amazingly enough, it seems that the only time Liszt really got nervous in his life was when he was a child, when his piano teacher took him to Beethoven to show his piano playing. Prior to this event, when Liszt was even a younger child, when he was asked what he wanted to be in the future,  he pointed his finger to a large painting of Beethoven and said,  “ I want to be that one !”  Beethoven was Liszt’s hero when he was a child, and his desire was really clear since such a young age. In general , Beethoven was not interested in seeing children pl