Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic

Also, at a societal level, if you have a lot of young people who are idle and unemployed, it usually doesn't end up very well.

You know, you get unrest or antisocial behavior, et cetera.

So I think some organizations are getting it, but the temptation is like, instead of cutting senior roles to cut that, let's see.

But at the moment it's looking a little bit concerning, I think, on that spectrum.

I don't know what you're seeing.

If you're seeing the same, what's your experience?

the best level of confidence is that which aligns with your actual competence.

So if you're trying to learn a language or play the piano or be good at sales or business development or executive search, it helps

to know how good you are.

It helps to know what you know, and what you don't know, because then you can get better.

And you can close the gap between how good you are and how good you want to be anybody who is an elite professional kind of athlete and sports knows it.

Failing that there is a alternative, which is to be overconfident, overconfident people in general, but more so men than women.

often have an ability to persuade others that they're better than they actually are.

So if you're interviewing for a job, let's say, and you have two candidates, and one is quite self-aware and says, ooh, I've not done this before, and it will be tricky, but I think I can learn it, and I will do it this way.

But right now, I have no experience.

So you get an honest, self-aware candidate

candidate whose confidence is aligned with their ability and who doesn't engage in deception.

And on the other hand, somebody who says, I'm amazing, I'm the best thing since sliced bread, hire me, whatever.

They're not even lying to the interview panel.

They're lying to themselves.