hi @reveurgam
I believe you made a profound analysis of Mr Haden's article and that he himself would be happy to comment if he saw it.
I think it is often difficult to give a precise weight to every single word used to try to explain psychological elements or emotional states. Sometimes a little nuance can make a difference for us but not for someone else. I am thinking, for example, of the difference between words such as competence, skills, abilities ... Furthermore we must connect every personal emotional competence with the ability to apply it in the social: there are so many subjective implications that writing something that is "true and right" in everything it is impossible (in my opinion, of course!)!
I just think that in the article, Mr Haden took a red thread to describe self-confidence and that you instead put the dots on "i" sounding exceptions and nuances.
congratulations and thanks for sharing with us