Well, I think we tried very hard not to be overconfident, because when you get overconfident, that's when something snaps up and bites you.
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I am not overconfident.
We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.
Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.
Almost everyone's instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
I think we could all do better sometimes of not overextending ourselves as much.
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.
Each one of us requires the spur of insecurity to force us to do our best.
Dishonesty is all about the small acts we can take and then think, 'No, this not real cheating.' So if you think that the main mechanism is rationalization, then what you come up with, and that's what we find, is that we're basically trying to balance feeling good about ourselves.
Early in my career I was accused of being overconfident and even cocky, but I really was confident that I had done the training and didn't see any other reason to say otherwise.
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