We’ve sourced some of the most interesting and thought-provoking Overconfident Quotes from Daniel Kahneman, Amy Chua, Fabricio Werdum, Gerard Pique, Masayoshi Son. Each of the following quotes is overflowing with creativity, and knowledge.
We’re generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.
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.
I never entered a fight overconfident.
When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.
My belief is that we should never become overconfident.
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.
What basically happens is that when a company becomes great, and I’m being a bit rude here, people think they’re some kind of genius. So now we can move into all sorts of other businesses because the net bottom line is, it’s because we’re just geniuses. They become overconfident and expand too far.
When one is young, one can become distracted and overconfident.
I am not overconfident.
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.
No one likes someone who’s really overconfident.
Dictators fall when they’re overconfident; they stay in power when they’re paranoid.
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.
No one likes someone who’s really overconfident.
We’re generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.
I never entered a fight overconfident.
Almost everyone’s instinct is to be overconfident and read way too much into a hot or cold streak.
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.
The key is not being overconfident. You should not think that because I’m a top-ranked player, I will win this game. You have to be focused.
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.
The key is not being overconfident. You should not think that because I’m a top-ranked player, I will win this game. You have to be focused.
My belief is that we should never become overconfident.
Being a great founder or early team member is a difficult dialectic – you have to be a bit overconfident, and a big ego isn’t always a bad thing. To change the world requires pushing really, really hard and believing you and your team know something others don’t.
In the entertainment business, everybody is desperately insecure, and the guys in Silicon Valley seem to be slightly overconfident.
Never be afraid to fail. Failure is only a stepping stone to improvement. Never be overconfident because that will block your improvement.
