Amy Chua

I was the one that in a very overconfident immigrant way thought I knew exactly how to raise my kids. My husband was much more typical. He had a lot of anxiety; he didn't think he knew all the right choices. And, I was the one willing to put in the hours.

American Educator

Alberto Salazar

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.

Cuban Athlete

Andrew Lo

Most people are overconfident about their own abilities. That is probably a good thing. But we would be horrified if a physician's aide engaged in heart surgery.

Economist

Tony Jaa

Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.

Thai Actor

Rhea Chakraborty

Back during my VJ days, I was overconfident as I was on television and was earning money very early in life.

Indian Actress

Gerard Pique

When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.

Spanish Athlete

Harold Washington

Let's not be overconfident, we still have to count the votes.

American Politician

Masayoshi Son

My belief is that we should never become overconfident.

Japanese Businessman

Fabricio Werdum

Brazilian Mixed Martial Artist

Romano Prodi

Italian Statesman

Overconfident people may ignore advice thinking they know best, but this can lead to mistakes.

False Assumptions

Being overconfident might cause someone to take unnecessary or uncalculated risks.

Risks Involved

Overconfidence is often seen negatively, as arrogance or a lack of humility.

Humility vs. Arrogance

 know what we don't know that's something that can be exploited you want me to show you how it works there's actually a trick and something very small a lot of times people make it they're overconfident and I think that what they did is a little bit different here's what I was doing if the middle cup tells

Apollo Robbins on What...

 the captain readily agreed. The adventure would be his last. Overconfident and severely outnumbered, Magellan's force was overwhelmed, and the native's bamboo spears ended the captain's life. Yet the voyage had to continue. Magellan's will specified that Enrique should be freed,

How Magellan circumnaviga...

 and you're getting away with it -- you gamed the system -- or you're some kind of boy genius, the likes of which the world has never seen. Now both of these options -- the boy genius and the scammer -- are going to make you vastly overconfident and therefore more prone

Naomi Klein: Addicted to...

 Think about a time when you've been at the top of your game. Did you really want to embrace something radically different? Of course not. You probably became overconfident in your recipe and resistant to try new things.

The creative power of...

 that bad or oversimplistic and overconfident economics helped create the crisis." Now, you've probably all heard of similar criticism coming from people who are skeptical of capitalism. But this is different.

James B. Glattfelder:...

 So last fall when we published the results of that work in Science, we all became overconfident and were sure we were only a few weeks away from being able to now boot up a chromosome out of yeast.

Craig Venter unveils...

 you read popular psychology textbooks or are in to the self-help industry you will know that there are two individual advantages of being overconfident number one it does feel good to think you're

Rethink how you think...

 apparent there is also strong belief which I share that bad or over simplistic and overconfident economics helped create the crisis now you've probably all heard of similar criticism coming

Who controls the world?...

 but his success made him overconfident. He insisted on digging the canal at sea level, even though it required boring directly through the Continental Divide mountain range.

Demolition, disease, and...

 who started degrading their millennial colleagues as being spoiled, lazy and overconfident, I'd say, "I'm sorry, why isn't someone my age saying 'stop stereotyping?'" Yes!