Oct. 15, 2020

Professor Don Moore on Confidence and how it impacts our decision-making

Professor Don Moore on Confidence and how it impacts our decision-making

We all understand the idea of Confidence and that having it can help us succeed. Equally, not having it can also paralyse us into inaction. So what is the optimal level of confidence?

That's what my guest on this episode, Professor Don Moore, is...

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We all understand the idea of Confidence and that having it can help us succeed. Equally, not having it can also paralyse us into inaction. So what is the optimal level of confidence?

That's what my guest on this episode, Professor Don Moore, is here to help me understand. He's a professor at the Berkeley Haas School of Business, formerly at Carnegie Mellon. Don is an expert in psychology with his main research focus on overconfidence. And he's recently written a book on the subject called Perfectly Confident. In our discussion, we explore what the optimal balance of confidence is and how you can find it.

To find out more about Don and his book visit his website: https://perfectlyconfident.com/.