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I was also going to mention that confidence is a powerful predicter/cause of success & promotion, more so than any skills behind that confidence. Anecdotally, I
by altacc 5y ago
I was also going to mention that confidence is a powerful predicter/cause of success & promotion, more so than any skills behind that confidence. Anecdotally, I've noticed people are much more successful in work & personal life when they are confident, as other people use that confidence as a shortcut for assessing actual talent & skills. Narcissism is a mix of unwavering confidence and self-assuredness that exploits this shortcut and lets people progress in life without any test of their actual abilities.
- redmaverick 5y agomaybe it is the inverse. When you are successful in work and personal life you become confident. And they fuels more success/confidence. Basically you become more confident as and when you find more success.
- dsr_ 5y agoBoth. Narcissists project confidence without actual success. Experts project confidence based on proven success.
- chansiky 5y agoJust adding to what dsr_ is saying, narcissists project confidence without actual success because their version of reality supports their correctness. Narcissism/NPD is a result of the mind not being able to accept information that disproves their elevated sense of self worth. Anything that proves them wrong therefore is discarded before it can be processed internally. So when they speak with confidence, its because nothing in their reality can disprove what they are saying, even if what you're saying is true to our shared reality.
- redmaverick 5y agoto have a broken version of reality one must likely have a broken childhood, be abused etc. It's tough to separate someone who is a narcissist from a confident person unless the person judging them is an knowledgeable in the same field.