People who achieve success were often initially derided as delusional, overconfident, etc. Overconfidence, in other words, gave them the impetus to try, and it'

People who achieve success were often initially derided as delusional, overconfident, etc. Overconfidence, in other words, gave them the impetus to try, and it's amazing how trying gets results in achieving the impossible. On the other side, I see time after time competent people giving up at the very first (and often trivial) obstacle. > We may also need to punish overconfident behavior more than we do This smacks more of a desire to tear down people one is envious of than a recipe for improving society.