Battling Over-Confidence

I've been thinking about the term "over-confident" lately. I believe it protects people from reality. It allows them to believe they are on the right track, when there is every indication of what they are doing being completely wrong. Psychosis is something that people are fascinated with, but few see it introspectively.

You can convince yourself of anything if you think about it long enough. If you say it enough. If you attempt every conversation which focuses on how you are correct in your belief in something. That explains the Christian Rock phenomena. Where they cannot be Christians, believe in God, and play rock n roll without invoking Jesus, love or crucifixion in their lyrics. That may be harsh, but think about it? Is it the only way that someone who wants to believe they are doing "God's work" while playing the "devil's music?"

I'm a dime store psychologist. Too many people attempt to showcase their skill for talking a lot, saying nothing, but somehow issuing the belief that because they've read a few books on psychology makes them an expert. In fact, without proper schooling where you are challenged with books that assault your point of view, I have the believe that you are an amateur at any field.

Being challenged does not mean only schooling. But also in the industry. I wouldn't expect a taxidermist to be a person who hasn't taken classes in zoology. Maybe that happens, but knowing the internal functions of an animal should be something that a good taxidermist would want to strive for. At least, that's my hope.

Comedy calls it stage-time. You get up with about five minutes of material and you use it on stage. No matter how many times you practice, nothing compares to stage time. You can say it throughout, repeat, repeat, repeat and it is not at all similar to what it appears like on stage.

You either write, or you don't. And if you get up in front of the lights and you don't have your material down pat, it doesn't matter how many times you practiced it. Things don't always go according to Hoyle.

So, let's get back to the matter at hand. Over-confidence. It tends to blind people to the reality of what they are experiencing. Because they believe in their truths no matter what the facts are.

This can be as little as who ate the last piece of pizza to who shot Kennedy. Which Kennedy, right? Seriously, how is it that Ted Kennedy was the only one of the three brothers not to die mysteriously? Although his girlfriends should have taken swimming lessons (rim shot, please).

This type of over-confidence leads to "isms" which harm our thoughts, poison our points of view.

Some people that believe that by standing still, they are moving ahead. That if you move too fast, you harm your ability to grow.

I believe the exact opposition.

What if you standing still, wait, and that opportunity to go forward never comes. Too many people have watched others breeze by out of fear. You've heard the warnings before. You'll flop or do something which won't allow you to succeed.

A friend told me that if you want to be a doctor, you listen to doctors. Med students don't know what the hell they are talking about.

Good advice for blog readers.

That's why I wrote it down.