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Given that the situation was not ideal, what can we do to improve it? From the captain's point of view, he should learn to accept answers from less assertive pe
by pdpi 11y ago
Given that the situation was not ideal, what can we do to improve it? From the captain's point of view, he should learn to accept answers from less assertive people. From Linda's point of view, though, wishing that the captain would accept her answers is pointless. The only course of action available to her, if she wants to change things, is to be more assertive herself — Don't hope for change in others, effect change yourself.
- silverbax88 11y agoI don't think that was the scenario laid out, although I believe the overall article has merit, the anecdote is not a good one for representation of confidence as it impacts success. Linda is smart enough to know she might not be right; smarter quiz players (pub quizzes, Jeopardy, etc) don't blurt out an answer to every question. Claiming someone should 'be more confident' in this case indicates that she knew for a fact that she had the right answer but wasn't assertive. This ignores the more likely scenario: she didn't actually know if she was right. Yes, the article is stating Linda needed to be more confident - but out of context, what if Linda had tried being more confident and assertive in previous games and had been completely wrong, costing her team the match?
- philipov 11y agoIn fact, it is often the case that people achieve high accuracy because they are not confident, causing them to be more critical of potential answers. Forcing such a person to be more confident would deprive them of the advantage that makes them successful. Confidence inspires complacency.
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