Man's Got To Know His Limitations?
Once again, not to be mistaken for Tuesday's With Morrie, it's Tuesdays With Trump...
Following up on Amazing Incompetence? ...
Bias which feeds the ego, is the fact that few are pleased to hear their beliefs, based upon their knowledge or experience, are possibly outdated or incorrect.
Our natural tendency is to want to be right all of the time. Said bias gravitates most towards high probability or what is commonly perceived to be the accepted narrative or truth.
Bias is a self induced bubble of deception or delusional thinking, which ultimately leads to a failure in seeking out higher wisdom, insight and advice.
This particular delusion is undoubtedly an example what Garety & Freeman described as “a data-gathering bias, a tendency for people with delusions to gather less evidence.”
One can have knowledge but lack experience, thus the hard lessons of experience must be learned and taken to heart. Good judgment is the product of experience, which is oft gained through bad judgments, which everyone has made at one point or another.
Experience adds depth to knowledge in decision making. However, without wisdom, insight and common sense, all of the data, information, knowledge and experience in the world, is as useful as white noise and useless as teets on a bull.
Wisdom is the patience, understanding and ability to discern, judge and apply knowledge and experience in a meaningful way viz. practical application.
Insight is knowing the meaning or reasons, or why something IS viz. awareness and ability to know the underlying essence or truth.
Plain common sense, when one thinks they know everything, they oft find out just how little they know. Sometimes, its what you don't know, more often, it's what you think you know, that comes back to bite you in the arse. Never forget, what we know is little, what we do not know, immense.
At the end of the day, success can be measured in the ability to take information, knowledge and experience and effectively apply it to decision making.
Illusory superiority or bias, keeps one from knowing when they are out of their element. This is why TOO MANY people, are quite unwittingly incompetent in the workplace and in life in general.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, their number is legion, the growing majority viz. the global plague of stupidity. Thus, bias is the bastard brother of ignorance.
As opposed to those who actually think and believe, they are great at what they do, when in fact they are useless idiots, as I know next to nothing, I myself am a somewhat useful idiot.
For greater success, one must avoid the trap of bias, and in order to do so, one must know their limitations. Cognito ergo Sum.
Following up on Amazing Incompetence? ...
"People, whether they’re inept or highly skilled, are often caught in a bubble of inaccurate self-perception." - David DunningEveryone suffers from pockets of incompetence in which they may have poor instincts and make bad decisions. Over or under estimation of ones abilities, can lead to perpetuation of mistakes with serious personal and professional consequences.
Bias which feeds the ego, is the fact that few are pleased to hear their beliefs, based upon their knowledge or experience, are possibly outdated or incorrect.
Our natural tendency is to want to be right all of the time. Said bias gravitates most towards high probability or what is commonly perceived to be the accepted narrative or truth.
Bias is a self induced bubble of deception or delusional thinking, which ultimately leads to a failure in seeking out higher wisdom, insight and advice.
This particular delusion is undoubtedly an example what Garety & Freeman described as “a data-gathering bias, a tendency for people with delusions to gather less evidence.”
One can have knowledge but lack experience, thus the hard lessons of experience must be learned and taken to heart. Good judgment is the product of experience, which is oft gained through bad judgments, which everyone has made at one point or another.
Experience adds depth to knowledge in decision making. However, without wisdom, insight and common sense, all of the data, information, knowledge and experience in the world, is as useful as white noise and useless as teets on a bull.
Wisdom is the patience, understanding and ability to discern, judge and apply knowledge and experience in a meaningful way viz. practical application.
Insight is knowing the meaning or reasons, or why something IS viz. awareness and ability to know the underlying essence or truth.
Plain common sense, when one thinks they know everything, they oft find out just how little they know. Sometimes, its what you don't know, more often, it's what you think you know, that comes back to bite you in the arse. Never forget, what we know is little, what we do not know, immense.
At the end of the day, success can be measured in the ability to take information, knowledge and experience and effectively apply it to decision making.
Illusory superiority or bias, keeps one from knowing when they are out of their element. This is why TOO MANY people, are quite unwittingly incompetent in the workplace and in life in general.
Unfortunately for the rest of us, their number is legion, the growing majority viz. the global plague of stupidity. Thus, bias is the bastard brother of ignorance.
As opposed to those who actually think and believe, they are great at what they do, when in fact they are useless idiots, as I know next to nothing, I myself am a somewhat useful idiot.
For greater success, one must avoid the trap of bias, and in order to do so, one must know their limitations. Cognito ergo Sum.
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