Word: self-doubt
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While most soldiers are not compelled to such cold, calculating brutality, self-doubt and moral ambivalence are weaknesses in a place like Baghdad. It is the job of those who command these troops, the political leaders who receive the blind faith of our armed forces, to truly honor the sacrifices these men and women make. We must never forget that war is fought by human beings. If we are truly going to support our troops, we ought to feed them right and pay them well. Most importantly, let them know just what it is they are doing over there...
...buzz caught the attention of Angels' director, Mike Nichols, who invited Kirk to audition for the role of Prior. But that couldn't stave off his self-doubt when confronted with the enormity of Angels, which Kirk calls "the play for my generation of New York theater guys...
Psychologist Robert Sternberg's first field study in intelligence took place in grade school, when poor scores on IQ tests convinced him he was a "dum-dum." Largely thanks to an exceptional fourth-grade teacher, Sternberg managed to shed his self-doubt, improve his grades and go on to attend Yale University, but he never shook the sense that traditional tests are missing something. "You don't get to the top in life just on your IQ points or your SAT score," says Sternberg, now a professor at Yale and president of the American Psychological Association (APA). "You have...
...That leader, South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun, appears to be suffering a severe bout of self-doubt. Mired in the country's latest corruption scandals, the political maverick astonished the nation during a televised press conference last Friday by calling for a public vote of confidence. "I am trying to seek the people's renewed support over the accumulated mistrust because I want to manage state affairs with moral confidence," Roh said...
...much pressure that "I feel like I can't do my job as President. I feel a sense of crisis." Hardly words to inspire confidence, but public self-flagellation seems to be a Roh habit: in 1994 he authored a widely read book in which he apologized for beating his wife. Though the presidency is a bully pulpit, it is not a bully confessional, and Roh's expressions of self-doubt are no longer playing well with many voters...