Confidence-Fighting spirit

On the surface fighting spirit looks like stubbornness. That is the illusion. But look carefully. When you have fighting spirit, you are always looking for the way to win, for results. Look at what I said about Li Tian.

Stubbornness is non thinking. It is the insanity of doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result. This is characterised by an inability to learn, to consider things that make them feel uncomfortable. The offshoot of stubbornness is excuses, finger pointing, self sabotage etc. For examples, please look at the Malaysian chess scene. This is the result of no progress. And so we send them unprepared, we cannot consider new ideas. Why? Otherwise we have no excuse for the failure; otherwise we have no one to blame.

Stubbornness comes from fear, it comes from ego. Fighting spirit is not the same. It may look like its the same but it is actually the diametrical opposite. It's the opposite side of the coin. That is the illusion. Can you see that? You cannot separate confidence from fighting spirit. They are inextricably bound together.