Confidence.

All of the teachers stayed behind after school and attended a fire-safety talk held by the fire-station head of the district. The content was (in my opinion) a bit unimportant but the speaker was interesting enough to alert us.

He is tall (some 6 feet) and extremely well-built; not exactly handsome but good-looking in his tanned skin and dark blue uniform; confident and self-assured. Above all he is incredibly young - apparently still in his late twenties - but admiration must have taken place instead of sneer because the confidence and experience he displayed is beyond age. Everything added together is adequate to sustain our attention even after the fatal post-lunchtime.

Confidence is indispensable. It puts things together. It puts our self together. But mind you, confidence is a virtue, but arrogance is a flaw.