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Confidence can easily degenerate into over-confidence, which is why Mr Cameron could one day get himself out by attempting a ludicrously risky shot.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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It's called over-confidence bias and it's a behavioral bias that causes us to make poor investing decisions.
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com Jon Stein 2012
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But she also thinks there's something to this study about over-confidence.
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As though Tomalak could best me in any type of combat, Rehaek thought, then chided himself for such over-confidence.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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Others wonder if over-confidence is a byproduct of the super-pushy "tiger parent" syndrome, where even average parents set up music classes and sports and outside tutoring so their children can get ahead.
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As though Tomalak could best me in any type of combat, Rehaek thought, then chided himself for such over-confidence.
Star Trek: Typhon Pact: Rough Beasts of Empire David R. George III 2011
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If we're doing well, our over-confidence can devolve into complacence, thinking that our future will continue on the same trajectory as our past.
Ron Ashkenas: When the Invincible Become "Vincible" Ron Ashkenas 2011
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He vacillated from barely controlled fury over what he claimed was a trumped-up murder charge to cool over-confidence about its outcome.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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If we now stand back and look at contemporary youth culture and our dominant political actors, we find that there is often the same smug combination of individual over-confidence and social contempt.
Bob Samuels: Why Jon Stewart is Bad for America (and Why You Will Dislike This Article) Bob Samuels 2010
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He vacillated from barely controlled fury over what he claimed was a trumped-up murder charge to cool over-confidence about its outcome.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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