steely-eyed
tough as nails
steely-spined
heropanti
confident
summon up
steely-nerved
selfsome
hold one's own
bootstrappy
power posing
self-confidently
selfwards
selfward
bang down the door
self-confident
jaunty
courageous
manfully
complacently
brave
apply
prove oneself
vain
self-conscious
egopetal
look around
bravery
jauntily
self-seeker
self-rising
ambitious
poised
ride tall in the saddle
guts
you do you
full-hearted
braggy
boastful
crowing
self-aggrandising
assertive
as game as Ned Kelly
think the world revolves around one
draw close
self-aggrandizing
bragging
assert oneself
cock-a-hoop
big
braggart
self-assertiveness
vainglorious
comfortable in one's own skin
swelled
self-knowledge
self-awareness
hardness
undaunted
pull in
pull
draw in
egotist
attract
plucky
egoist
draw
fortitudinous
muster up
selfconsciously
self-determinist
swellhead
self-stultifying
have a pair
assertiveness
self-assertive
ruck up
enterprising
dare
surefooted
feisty
self-asserting
spine
self-realization
logical
lucid
coherent
say boo to a goose
spunky
ego-self
mettlesomeness
whistle in the dark
self-affine
unselfishness