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#430 - Dr Nate Zinsser - A Battle-Tested Guide To Unshakable Confidence

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Is There a Degree of Delusion?

Is there a degree of delusion that's appropriate for people in this case to try and why? I don't know whether delusion is the right word. Youre selectively choosing particular things that create a engender a certain frame of mind. Am in your mind, is there ever a concern of taking that too far? Is there such a thing as over confidence? I think there might be. But my experience, 30 plus years of doing this work, 29 years here at west point, is that there is a far greater tendency to be under confident.

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