So my brother brought up the concept that we human beings can't help ourselves, we are overconfident by nature, and here is a test to prove it  http://tim-richardson.net/joomla15/finance-articles-profmenu-70/73-over-confidence-test.html.

At a time when confidence is what I need (job hunting) I scored a 2! Apparently I am ridiculously confident. But really? I retook the test because I had not looked at the answers and got a 7, because I threw in ridiculous numbers. Aren't we always going to try our best when answering such questions rather than throwing 1 to infinity at it? Is that overconfidence?

I find this concept interesting albeit a bit scary....what do you think?

More on this topic from McKinsey, great stuff:

https://www.mckinseyquarterly.com/Strategy/Strategic_Thinking/Hidden_flaws_in_strategy_1288