Learn about self-enhancement, a bias by which individuals overvalue their own successes. Discover its implications, examples, ...

“Overconfidence is a powerful source of illusions, primarily determined by the quality and coherence of the story that you can construct, not by its validity.” —Daniel Kahneman, Nobel laureate There ...

Catholic bishops in India walk to the altar for the installation ceremony of Bishop Poola Anthony as the new Archbishop of Hyderabad at Saint Mary's School grounds in Secunderabad, the twin city of ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Quote card by Opinion. As the upcoming presidential election draws closer, voters are thinking ...

Behavioral biases, which are psychological tendencies, can influence an investor's decisions more than they realize. Common biases include herd mentality, overconfidence, confirmation bias, loss ...

The late psychologist Daniel Kahneman once said if he could wave a magic wand and get rid of any bias, he would choose overconfidence. However, overconfidence is here to stay. In a new study in ...

Optimism is the opposite of pessimism, and the upsides and downsides of each are very different. Healthy optimism is associated with superior physical and mental health outcomes and stronger and more ...

In my work as a CEO coach, I have grown accustomed to working with executives who are self-assured and confident. These leaders have put in decades of hard work, and have the accomplishments to show ...

If you've already experienced a bad stock falling from a company you've liked, you've experienced how confirmation bias ...