<p> <span>Dangers of Overestimating Why People Overestimate Their Abilities Overcoming</span></p><p>In this article, you will learn the following</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-57 Signs to identify people who overestimate their abilities, skills, strengths, and expertise – check how many apply to you</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-75 Tips on How to stop exaggerating, overestimating, and How to Avoid the Dunning-Kruger Effect</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">-22 Tips How to deal The People with Superiority Complex Who Brag and Boast -THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BRAGGING</b></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b"> List of 26 Articles – for developing better clarity on How to Deal with and Recognize </b></p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">Why is it that people who have - poor and below-average intelligence, Low-ability, low-competence, poor-education, poor-skilled</b> – tend to overestimate their capacities, abilities & intelligence</p><p>-<b data-redactor-tag="b">WHILE – the gifted, talented, smart & intelligent people - underestimate their intelligence and capabilities</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">IT IS BECAUSE People who overestimate their own abilities and intelligence – HAVE - deep-rooted emotional insecurities with their in-built feelings of shame, guilt, and embarrassment because of their inadequacies</b> [in their education, social status, looks, the color of skin, weaknesses, lack of knowledge, skills, awareness, and expertise] <b data-redactor-tag="b">and lack of any meaningful accomplishments in their life.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most of the people who overestimate their own abilities and intelligence generally possess a LOSER-Mindset</b> – AND THEIR - Ignorance more frequently begets over-confidence than knowledge.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">I call it the Bruce-Lee effect. </b></p><p>When I was in my teens in the 70s – I watched the movie <b data-redactor-tag="b">Enter the Dragon</b> and after watching it for just 2 hours – when I came out – I was looking for people who might attack me and was feeling high with the <b data-redactor-tag="b">expectations and confidence of beating</b> these bad people just like Bruce-Lee did in the movie.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">If you have ever watched a real expert who after decades of practice and struggles has reached a level of excellence</b> that whatever they do seems so easy to do. </p><p>In my aforesaid post-movie experience - <b data-redactor-tag="b">I, without any idea about martial arts and street-fighting, was ready to beat the hardened criminals</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">People with this disorder not only perform poorly but are also unlikely to learn, grow, and overcome this detrimental illness</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Because of feelings of inferiority and inadequacies and their obvious lacunae</b> - these people also <b data-redactor-tag="b">develop a greater & stronger need to become famous, rich, and powerful.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">When their lack of confidence in their competence terrifies them and because they can't get what they are dreaming about </b>– they start creating a façade of knowing everything -– <b data-redactor-tag="b">they choose to pretend to be smart or skilled rather than risk looking inadequate.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Even smart people can be affected by this malaise due to their EGO. </b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Intelligence is a gift that you have BUT could never substitute</b> learning, nurturing, developing, and mastering any skill and expertise.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Genuine experts in one area may mistakenly believe</b> that their intelligence and knowledge carry over into other areas.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">You might be a brilliant management professor</b> BUT may fail in real business situations.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">You might be a great engineer with a fantastic grasp of your domain</b> BUT you might be a poor people manager.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">You might be fantastic in mathematics</b> YET might not be able to read and understand financial numbers.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">You may find many people describe themselves as above average</b> [because they just don't have the ability to examine themselves objectively] - <b data-redactor-tag="b">during conversation AND In tests like</b> – behavior-assessments, self-appraisals, logical reasoning, emotional intelligence, aptitude, psychometrics, financial knowledge.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This effect can also be spotted among competent individuals</b> with a seemingly solid knowledge base.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The opposite of this phenomenon is called imposter syndrome - People who have this disorder are plagued by self-doubts and constantly</b> <b data-redactor-tag="b">feel like frauds who will be unmasked any moment </b>– READ MY PREVIOUS BLOG on imposter syndrome -66 Tips Overcome Imposter Syndrome Are You a Highly Successful Leader Who Feels Like a Fraud.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Many of the Indian-Politicians [especially the current in-power ones as well as their Blind followers or AndhaBhakts</b>], the <b data-redactor-tag="b">Indian-Bureaucrats</b>, the Indian <b data-redactor-tag="b">Celebrity-Babas/Godmen/ Godwomen</b>, along with the high-level <b data-redactor-tag="b">Con-Artists, Frauds, Charlatans</b> - fall under the category of people <b data-redactor-tag="b">who might overestimate their own abilities and intelligence.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This is a cognitive bias and fallacy as well as a disorder.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">A person with this disorder - may rely too heavily on the very first piece</b> of information [because of their complete lack of knowledge in the subject] <b data-redactor-tag="b">and accept those without verifying and fact-checking</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">You would find an unbelievably large mass of population</b> [could be even 70%] <b data-redactor-tag="b">of India suffering from this disorder.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Almost all of them are qualified "magna cum laude"</b> – graduates, post-graduates, and PhDs of so many <b data-redactor-tag="b">Universities of Excellence – LIKE THOSE OF - WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram and Other Social-media universities</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Let me elaborate to clarify a few of my aforesaid statements.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Say a large mass of people</b> [most of the 70% of the population] - <b data-redactor-tag="b">have never read or have any idea about what is written in the Indian VEDAs.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Then they read some propaganda material- that all the Western scientific discoveries and inventions are taken from VEDAs</b> [or any such cockamamie theories propagated by the cunning politicians, bureaucrats, and religious persons – for their own ulterior motives and agendas] - <b data-redactor-tag="b">in the tutorial of the universities mentioned above.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Then you will find these graduates start preaching the same to others – without even trying to verify, fact-check, read, understand, and learn the facts and reality</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This happens mostly to the people who are at the bottom-most levels of</b> knowledge, and education or with limited or zero knowledge or idea about any area.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">But I get amazed – when some people who are either at a director level OR have qualified from the globally admired Indian institutions like ISRO/IITs/IIMs</b> – start peddling myths <b data-redactor-tag="b">while IGNORING the science, data, and facts available</b> – especially which is so basic that <b data-redactor-tag="b">even a 10<sup data-redactor-tag="sup">th</sup> standard good student can understand the absurdity.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Why some people are simply too dense to recognize their shortcomings – well it is because when people are incompetent</b> - their incompetence robs them of the needed mental ability to realize just how inept they are.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The morons, stupid and jerks – don't understand how impossibly difficult it is to suffer them -fools are blind to their own foolishness.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This is due to their lack of Metacognition which is an awareness of one's thought processes and an understanding of the patterns</b> – and as a result, they reach mistaken conclusions and make regrettable errors, <b data-redactor-tag="b">but their incompetence [or being brainwashed] - robs them of the ability to realize it.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Why do people think they know more than they do -This could be due to gaining a small amount of knowledge in an area about</b> which they were completely ignorant earlier - which <b data-redactor-tag="b">may make people feel as though they have become an expert.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Few people may seem highly competent and persuasive due to their apparent confidence</b> – and when they exaggerate with certainty - most of their blind followers believe them – all <b data-redactor-tag="b">these people are often driven by a desire for status and power and the need to appear smarter</b>].</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">People who overestimate themselves frequently may overextend themselves beyond the limits of absurdity. </b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The incompetence of these people blesses these people with – inappropriate confidence</b> - buoyed by something that feels to them like knowledge.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Why people brag — people may brag overtly or covertly and talk about themselves – to overcome the uncomfortable feelings of feeling inferior</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">There is a principle called the Dunning-Kruger Effect</b> - where people wrongly overestimate their knowledge or ability.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This Dunning-Kruger effect can have a profound impact on what people believe</b>, the decisions they make, and the actions they take.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">57 Signs to identify people who overestimate their abilities, skills, strengths, and expertise – check how many apply to you</b></p> <p><span>1. In most situations – They tend to feel that They are right<br></span><span>2. In most situations – when others offer these people their suggestions – They smile and listen BUT internally They feel superior as They believe that what they know, and their solution are more effective<br></span><span>3. They take other's suggestions and feedback as criticism and ignore them completely<br></span><span>4. Look at those areas in their life where They feel 100 percent confident – these are the biggest danger<br></span><span>5. They claim almost all the time that they are correct, and that other's opinions are wrong, uninformed, and stupid [although in most instances They are clueless and don't have any idea about the matter in question]<br></span><span>6. They prattle on and on - blithely oblivious of their ignorance<br></span><span>7. They find it difficult to understand intelligent satire, jokes, humor<br></span><span>8. They may accept the cynicism, satire, jokes, humor – at face value – thus misunderstanding where there was no need<br></span><span>9. They feel that They are an excellent judge of character and people<br></span><span>10.If They fail an exam – They feel that They deserve a much higher score<br></span><span>11. They almost always feel that They are superior to others in – knowledge, smartness, intelligence, skills<br></span><span>12. They feel that They are better, more capable, and more knowledgeable than others<br></span><span>13. Although their accomplishments can hardly be termed barely as average<br></span><span>14. They laugh when They don't understand anything<br></span><span>15. They laugh when others are laughing – although They have no clue as to why others are laughing<br></span><span>16. They find it difficult to recognize the genuine skill and expertise of other people<br></span><span>17. They Fail to recognize their own mistakes and their lack the required skill<br></span><span>18. They always behave and feel like an expert<br></span><span>19. They always try to prove that They are right AND that others are wrong<br></span><span>20. They try to justify their claims – with mythological tales, sharing a figment of their imagination or outright lie, saying something like – doctors or scientists say that OR that They have done extensive research OR on social-media PLUS WhatsApp and Facebook posts<br></span><span>21. They use A heuristic approach to problem-solving that is not fully optimized, perfected, validated, or rationalized<br></span><span>22. They try to show patterns even where none exist<br></span><span>23. They always want to be the smartest, the most intelligent, the most popular, most powerful<br></span><span>24. They exaggerate by Overreacting, catastrophizing, magnifying, maximizing, overplaying, overblowing<br></span><span>25. They want to manipulate and take advantage of others – and use lies untruths and constructed events to achieve this goal<br></span><span>26. They display a grandiose sense of self-importance and entitlement<br></span><span>27. They have an Exaggerated all-or-nothing thinking<br></span><span>28. They often end up Making poor decisions<br></span><span>29. They avoid and resist receiving feedback<br></span><span>30. They form opinions based on misinformation<br></span><span>31. When they are in a powerful position - their overconfidence in something that they don't know anything about -often leads to Dangerous & Disastrous consequences for others<br></span><span>32. People believe that they are arrogant<br></span><span>33. Their know-it-all attitude without any substance – makes people stop respecting, trusting, and believing them<br></span><span>34. They may feel the need to exaggerate their abilities because they lack confidence in their actual skills or accomplishments<br></span><span>35. They may fear being seen as inadequate or not measuring up to their colleagues.<br></span><span>36. They Exaggerate to draw attention to themselves to receive recognition and praise<br></span><span>37. They may believe that their accomplishments are of greatest significance – although it could be a natural phenomenon that they are claiming as their own<br></span><span>38. They can lay claim to other's accomplishments as their own<br></span><span>39. They feel entitled to special treatment<br></span><span>40. They may exaggerate their abilities without even realizing they're doing it<br></span><span>41. They may tend to speak without thinking – creating a foot-in-the-mouth situation – BUT – this does not bother them to invent and overstate their role or accomplishments again and again<br></span><span>42. They might display a superiority complex as they believe their abilities and achievements surpass those of others –to hide their low self-esteem or a sense of inferiority<br></span><span>43. They tend to make boastful claims that aren't backed up by reality<br></span><span>44. They give excessive attention to appearance or vanity<br></span><span>45. They have overly high opinion of themselves<br></span><span>46. They have a self-image of - supremacy or authority OR even that of being a GOD<br></span><span>47. They are a poor listener and display an unwillingness to listen to others<br></span><span>48. Their best is usually an average or mediocre<br></span><span>49. They may act superior to others and hold others as less worthy –to hide their feeling of inferiority<br></span><span>50. They acquire this superiority complex to compensate or overcompensate for areas in which they are lacking or failing<br></span><span>51. They display false confidence or bravado when little or no success, achievement, or talent is there<br></span><span>52. They brag to protect themselves from potential criticisms<br></span><span>53. They try to make others feel insecure by projecting their insecurities onto others by indulging in bragging<br></span><span>54. They boast when they are trying to showcase their accomplishments – say by - reciting their great lifestyle, elite education, or genius children's achievements are attempts to convince themselves that they are ok<br></span><span>55. They might drop important names<br></span><span>56. Rarely, they might make self-deprecatory statements to show how humble they are<br></span><span>57. They may complain that things aren't good enough– to proclaim their high standards as a way of demonstrating that they are truly better th</span><span>an everyone else</span></p> <p><b data-redactor-tag="b">75 Tips on How to stop exaggerating, overestimating, and How to Avoid the Dunning-Kruger Effect </b></p> <p><span>1. Develop the habit of honestly and routinely questioning your knowledge base<br></span><span>2. Develop the habit of challenging yourself to look for other possibilities, options, and choices - Whenever you feel certain that Your Solution and Conclusions are perfect<br></span><span>3. Practice looking for different perspectives – in every critical situation<br></span><span>4. Identify your strengths and expertise areas – use evidence to accept this by way of actual events when you succeeded in using these strengths<br></span><span>5. Learn to challenge yourself by becoming your own devil's advocate – by initially assuming that your initial hypothesis might be wrong<br></span><span>6. Identify the areas - where you need to get external expertise<br></span><span>7. Learn not to accept anyone's first offer<br></span><span>8. Learn not to accept anything viral – without fact-checking<br></span><span>9. Get into the habit of looking for patterns – instead of judging someone or someone on one incident<br></span><span>10. Study, read, learn, and attend workshops, seminars, and courses on a regular basis<br></span><span>11. Learn about the best practices of the most admired individuals, organizations, and nations – apply those in your own life<br></span><span>12. Acknowledge the possibility that you might not always be right -and that you might need to acquire critical elements of knowledge and that you also need to practice more<br></span><span>13. Start the habit of paying attention to those who have different viewpoints<br></span><span>14. Learn to Seek feedback from people who are highly skilled experts and are admired<br></span><span>15. Stop showing off and pretending that you know something – when you don't<br></span><span>16. Understand that You might be smart and skilled in many areas, but no one is an expert at everything<br></span><span>17. Assume that You are Less Competent and ignorant, less informed Than You Think<br></span><span>18. Accept that no matter how informed or experienced you are – you also have your areas of ignorance<br></span><span>19. Learn to be aware of how your mind works and the mistakes you tend to make<br></span><span>20. Learn to analyze your failures and mistakes critically – to identify what you could have done differently and your areas of development AND hence areas of opportunities and growth<br></span><span>21. Ask yourself What can you do to gain a more realistic assessment of your abilities in a particular area<br></span><span>22. Instead of assuming you know all there is to know - Learn to dig deeper BY TREATING your existing knowledge as superficial<br></span><span>23. Seek objective feedback from people who are established experts and are admired for their foresight and insight<br></span><span>24. If possible, enroll them as your mentor – ask them how you are doing<br></span><span>25. Learn to listen to people who have diagonally opposite views - Seek out information that challenges your perceptions and assumptions<br></span><span>26. Learn to identify your own biases, assumptions, and beliefs that might be derailing you<br></span><span>27. Question your own impression of a past event -know that you might have done Systematic distortion and Exaggeration in memory<br></span><span>28. Learn to subdue your urge to be the smartest, the most intelligent, the most popular – by concocting, reconstructing and exaggerating anything<br></span><span>29. Consciously try to make your statements as objective as possible – especially When you notice that you are Exaggerating<br></span><span>30. Practice and learn to Be comfortable with your vulnerability<br></span><span>31. Understand that it is perfectly alright to admit that you don't know something<br></span><span>32. Stop trying to impress others through using unethical, dishonest, false, untruthful means – let your results speak for you<br></span><span>33. Instead of trying to impress others through bragging - focus on building a genuine connection<br></span><span>34. Learn to beat your urge to win arguments<br></span><span>35. When you notice that you have been exaggerating - Correct yourself by Pondering why you exaggerated. Even if you sometimes exaggerate, it's good practice to reflect on the reason why<br></span><span>36. Time to time -schedule a time for self-reflection – to identify the cause of your feelings of shame, guilt, insecurity, anxiety, failures, mistakes<br></span><span>37. Learn to avoid being ignorant of your own performance by listening and gaining insight into the performances of others<br></span><span>38. Understand the situations where your being overconfident led to catastrophic results – identify areas where you need to learn, develop, and grow – to avoid this effect<br></span><span>39. Learn to feel OKAY failing and making mistakes BUT ensure that you learn and move on<br></span><span>40. Ask others for help in determining your expertise - ask others how you are doing and what you can do to improve<br></span><span>41. Take time to think it through and sleep over any crucial decision AND if this decision might impact others – get the needed information to verify and validate your decision before committing yourself to an action based solely on your perceptions<br></span><span>42. Use the four stages of the classic competence cycle – from awareness to getting rid of overestimating<br></span><span>43. Unconscious incompetence - when you don't know how to do something but are not even aware that you don't have the requisite skills, competence, knowledge, expertise<br></span><span>44. Through being consciously aware pass through the Conscious incompetence stage to realize that you need to acquire, adopt, or learn these - skills, competence, knowledge, expertise<br></span><span>45. By being aware and then learning and practicing these new skills, competence, knowledge, and expertise – develop Conscious competence<br></span><span>46. Practice, practice, practice, AND master these skills, competence, knowledge, and expertise till they become part of your nature to reach the level of Unconscious competence<br></span><span>47. Recognize if you are suffering from a Halo effect – where you use an impression formed from a single trait or characteristic to influence multiple judgments or ratings of unrelated factors<br></span><span>48. Value a variety of skills to Fuel a growth mindset<br></span><span>49. SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP – like CBT or talk therapy- when individuals who exaggerate their abilities may have underlying psychological<br></span><span>50. Make a list of your actual accomplishments without exaggerating<br></span><span>51. Avoid all-or-nothing thinking. If you notice yourself thinking of things as all good or all bad, try to find a balance.<br></span><span>52. Start becoming aware of and notice how you feel about other people's accomplishments – identify what feelings get triggered - Do you feel happy for them or jealous<br></span><span>53. Learn and practice to feel genuinely happy for others – understand your success and failures have nothing to do with other's success<br></span><span>54. 22 Tips </span><b data-redactor-tag="b">How to deal with a bragger, boaster -THE PSYCHOLOGY OF BRAGGING<br></b><span>I. Ask to switch the subject, or switch it<br></span><span>II. React as if you are not at all impressed by what they are sharing<br></span><span>III. Call their BLUFF – do this if there are no serious potential retaliation<br></span><span>IV. Talk about people whom you admire – who are way different from these braggers<br></span><span>V. Create a too good-to-be claim about yourself – then suddenly exclaim with surprise – by saying something like -I realize I was bragging, too shallow of me<br></span><span>VI. Talk about a celebrity and how their bragging brought them down – Indians can recognize the case of Humble Sudha<br></span><span>VII. Talk about another real great accomplisher yet humble person – like Dr. Abdul Kalam, Bill Gares, Warren Buffets [you can find many examples]<br></span><span>VIII. Learn to Just Walk away – if maintaining a relationship with this person is not needed and important – you don't have to have everyone in your group especially if they are only seeking attention<br></span><span>IX. You can also share a case where you don't have any relationship with a person who used to brag a lot – in case you are important to this person AND you don't mind being with this person because of other qualities that they have<br></span><span>X. But please never belittle anyone – respect everyone - Focus on their uniqueness rather than beating them -Let the discussion die down or change the subject<br></span><span>XI. Show interest in others - Honor others' emotions - remain honest and compassionate<br></span><span>XII. Avoid sending subtle signs – which show your dissatisfaction and maybe your defensiveness and embarrassment - exhibit less emotion, and respond swiftly to change the subject<br></span><span>XIII. If you have given them multiple opportunities to change and little indicators don't work, limit your interaction<br></span><span>XIV. Think big - Don't worry about their words<br></span><span>XV. Appreciate their other qualities<br></span><span>XVI. Express your feelings using "I" words<br></span><span>XVII. Understand that the People in Higher Social Class Have an Exaggerated Belief That They Are More Capable Than Others<br></span><span>XVIII. Individuals with relatively high social class were more overconfident, which in turn was associated with being perceived as more competent and ultimately more hirable, even though, on average, they were no better at the trivia test than their lower-class counterparts<br></span><span>XIX. The overconfidence effect may be partially due to differences in values between the middle and working classes<br></span><span>XX. In the middle class, people are socialized to differentiate themselves from others, to express what they think and feel, and to confidently express their ideas and opinions, even when they lack accurate knowledge<br></span><span>XXI. Understand that exaggerating your abilities sets the bar higher for yourself<br></span><span>XXII. People tend to exaggerate their ability to have foreseen an event's outcome after learning the outcome<br></span><b data-redactor-tag="b">55.</b><b data-redactor-tag="b"> READ MY following 26 Blogs – for better clarity on How to Deal with and Recognize<br></b><span>I. 100+ Signs of Compulsive Liars & 30+ Tips to Identify Andhabhakts the Blind Followers<br></span><span>II. 66 Tips Overcome Imposter Syndrome Are You a Highly Successful Leader Who Feels Like a Fraud<br></span><span>III. 150 Reasons For India's Reverse Growth Trajectory 50 Actionable Solutions To India's Economic Nightmare<br></span><span>IV. Recognize 31 Critical Thinking Fallacies to Be a Genius 38 Tips to Avoid GETTING CONNED<br></span><span>V. 27 Signs You are a Sensible Person & 84 Tips for Wisdom Living<br></span><span>VI. Gloating to Growing 15 Strategies to Get Rid of Schadenfreude Habit Know 12 Types Who Celebrate Your Downfall<br></span><span>VII. 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