Tales of a coffee-holic: To be fallible

We could all use a good dose of self doubt from time to time.

Of course it’s great to be confidant, aware of your own strengths and to have faith in your abilities to accomplish difficult tasks and to do well or even excel at your job. But overconfidence can not only put off those around you, but can make you careless in your work. A healthy amount of self doubt make us double check what we’ve done, spend a little more time on tasks and to worry a bit if we’ve done as well as we could have.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. Overconfidence can make a person careless...