'When we promote people on the basis of their lack of insecurities, excessive self-adulation, and grandiose sense of entitlement, we can be certain to end up with too many overconfident megalomaniacs in charge.'
which in essence argues that"it is OK to be introverted," be hailed as counterintuitive. And yet despite Cain's deserved success, we continue to assume that overt displays of confidence are somehow indicative of competence, that people who talk a lot have something to say, and that status and dominance are a sign of talent. Sad.At times, there is nothing wrong with confidence. But surely our goal should be to actually understand how good you actually are.
Over the course of our evolutionary history, it was generally easy to spot talent. We spent time with the same group of people and talent was mostly a function of observable physical skills, rather than complex and abstract intellectual qualities. No more. As Geoffrey Miller notes inConfidence plays a big role here: It is the main weapon we use to fake competence, particularly with those who lack the expertise, or are themselves overconfident about their ability to figure how smart we are.
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