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Mr. Gulati warns that “overconfidence might hinder our ability to face real limitations and lead to reckless behavior, ultimately harming our performance.”

The episode taught him to take profits and avoid overconfidence.

That success, however, may have bred the overconfidence behind Beijing’s latest sweeping controls on rare earths.

The main pluses humans have going for them are their overconfidence and yearning to manipulate anything and anyone they can for their own ends.

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When he’s in the safe space of right-wing media, Patel conducts himself with a brash overconfidence.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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