The pressure to be overconfident sometimes comes directly from employers. One time, walking into an interview for an entry-level position, the interviewer comp

The pressure to be overconfident sometimes comes directly from employers. One time, walking into an interview for an entry-level position, the interviewer completely ignored me and continued to stare at my resume for two minutes. The first words out of his mouth were, "At Lehman Brothers, we only hire winners. Are you a winner!?" In retrospect, I'm glad that interaction happened and revealed what the company's ethos was; otherwise, I might have been tempted to work there.