I expect you too were hooked on watching the Olympics the past few weeks. Focusing on the best of humanity for a couple of weeks helps make up for some of the worst of our angels during the other fifty. It makes me optimistic for the future where, I believe, with a little luck and a lot of hard work (or a good trust fund), any one of us might be able to buy our own Supreme Court Justice. But I digress. The greatest athletes invariably come to their events with Snoop Dogg levels of confidence in themselves and their abilities. Katie Ledecky almost had the pool to herself, becoming the most decorated U.S. female athlete. You’ve heard the backstory of Simone Biles, the best ever, who actually walked away from the sport for a time to find her lost confidence. You saw Yusuf Dikeç, the nonchalant Turkish air pistol shooter who won both silver and the internet with his pistol in one hand and, I’m pretty sure, a beer in the other. Doing anything difficult really well requires true confidence that isn’t just hubris or arrogance and can’t be faked. But it is earned and it does come from these places.