A Quote by Carol S. Dweck

There is a long history of research showing that people are overconfident about their abilities. But it turns out that people in general are not overconfident about their abilities; people with a fixed mindset are overconfident.

Carol S. Dweck

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Carol S. Dweck
American - Educator
Born: October 17, 1946

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.

Andrew Lo

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.

Neil Armstrong

People are drastically overconfident about their judgments of others.

Daniel Gilbert

People exaggerate their own skills. they are optimistic about their prospects and overconfident about their guesses, including which managers to pick.

Richard Thaler

What was I like? I had a high-pitched voice. Sounded a bit like a girl. Spoke with a Stoke accent, tremendously naive. Overconfident. Tremendously overconfident. And underconfident at the same time - really, really bad combination! Gets you places, though.

Robbie Williams

People's beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities. Ability is not a fixed property; there is huge variablitiy in how you perform.

Albert Bandura

There is something to be said about a guy who is attractive and doesn't know it. I hate men who are overconfident.

Kiele Sanchez

I think the people who've been the most overconfident in our business in the last decade have been the people that called themselves risk managers.

Richard Thaler

If we are to understand anything of the human mind we must approach the people of the past with humility rather than an overconfident superiority.

Anthony Terence Quincey Stewart

We live in a country where there is a lot of animosity. If your politics is radical it antagonises. People might think I am overconfident. I look petulant when I stand my ground.