Don’t underestimate yourself ![Dr Neil Thompson](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e839c708c5f2fc4668c7c06b7ddfcc55?s=70&d=mm&r=g)
Some people regularly stray into arrogance territory, by which I mean that they overestimate their own importance and their own capabilities. Indeed, this is a common theme in movies and dramas: the person who annoys others with their inflated self-belief and then eventually gets their comeuppance. It makes for satisfying viewing. However, what I think is far more common is for people to go to the other extreme, to underestimate their importance, their capabilities and the difference they can make. This is often a matter of a lack of confidence (possibly linked to self-esteem issues), but that isn’t always the case. In a significant number of cases it is simply that we have genuinely underestimated what we can do. We…
Dr Neil ThompsonMarch 8, 2018