Confidence Quotes

“high confidence causes low competence, which in turn causes denial, until one faces the facts and confidence is lowered—then, progress may start.”
― Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Confidence: How Much You Really Need and How to Get It

“Growing up in stable, happy, and secure households may end up killing ambition, which leads to downward social mobility. The most extreme examples of this are found in aristocratic families, in which the amount of inherited wealth tends to decline with every generation.”
― Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Confidence: How Much You Really Need and How to Get It