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False confidence may also have consequences in your personal life and career. Such feelings can precipitate into a sense of entitlement, arrogance, negligence, prejudice, and presumption. Such feelings hinder your ability to be productive, cause you to overestimate your achievements and skills, and can cause you to participate in activities and projects that you may not qualify for. The overconfident also tend to overestimate their past and present successes, leading to poor decision‐making, ignorance or avoidance of constructive criticism, failure to use critical thought, and an overestimation of accuracy and depth of knowledge. People with overconfidence tend to believe that all of their achievements and successes are due to their own entitlement and not due to other factors such as their environment. They begin to misjudge their strengths and weaknesses by believing they have more strengths than weaknesses, negatively impacting any future growth. They tend to oversee opportunities to learn, assuming they know the best methods and practices. An overconfident academician may apply for fellowships, scholarships, grants, and positions without preparation or the necessary skill set or experiences. They may also submit papers or research presentations prematurely, alienate their colleagues, or receive negative feedback or letters of recommendation from their supervisors.

Confidence turns into pride only when you are in denial of your mistakes.

– Criss Jami (2015)