""What all strivers I've ever met have in common is that, the higher they climb and the more success they have, the more insecure they feel in their own success because they're not quite sure that they've earned it or deserve it.""
""Ironically, in his experience, people who deserve success through hard work and merit and personal responsibility are not quite sure they deserve it, and the people who don't deserve it are often the people who are actually most sure that they do.""
The Dunning-Kruger effect suggests that incompetent people see themselves as highly competent. Conversely, highly competent individuals may experience impostor syndrome, feeling inadequate despite evidence of their success. Arthur C. Brooks notes that successful individuals often feel insecure about their achievements, questioning their worthiness. Those who genuinely deserve success tend to doubt it, while those lacking merit are often overly confident. This phenomenon is linked to the 'dark triad' traits, where narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy contribute to inflated self-assessment.
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