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So I grew up in Argentina, which means I always had a problem with confidence.

My problem is I have too much of it.

And in Argentina this is quite common.

We have a charming tendency to think that we are the greatest country in the world,

even though our nation has been declining for about 100 years.

We are, according to some economic standards, the only perpetually devolving nation in the world.

And to cope with this or maintain our delusion, we also have the highest concentration of psychoanalysts per capita in the world.

And if you don't want to spend your life in therapy, you can do what I did, which is you become a psychologist yourself.

So I've always been interested in the relationship between confidence, how smart you think you are, and competence, how smart you actually are.

And for about 10 years, I've been conducting studies relating people's self -perceived abilities with their actual abilities.

Not just in Argentina, but in about 40 different countries.

And the surprising fact is that there is a very weak relationship between competence and confidence.

Not because most people are overly modest or underconfident, but because the vast majority of people think they're better than they actually are.

So overconfidence is one of the most pervasive biases in human thought.

And if you read popular psychology textbooks or are into the self -help industry,

you will know that there are two individual advantages of being overconfident.

Number one, it does feel good to think you're great, even if you're deluded.

Number two, that delusion can help you fool other people.

And yet, there is a dark side of overconfidence that is hardly ever emphasized.

For example, overconfidence explains why some people are much more likely to have traffic accidents, whether drivers, cyclists or pedestrians,

why some people gamble and are into compulsive,

pathological levels of gambling, and why we have financial gambling cases such as the last meltdown, which are caused not just by greedy investment bankers,

but also overconfident consumers who overestimate their ability to pay back their loans and mortgages.

Overconfidence is also behind major health threats and it explains why smokers,

drinkers, drug users, illegal or legal, and compulsive eaters are in denial about their addictions

and overestimate their ability to quit or underestimate the potential harmful effects that these addictions might have on them.

Even when they're aware of them, they think it will happen to other people, not to themselves.

And finally, overconfidence also fosters and promotes a narcissistic culture,

a narcissistic society where we commonly mistake confidence by competence,

which is why in any domain or profession of expertise there are so many charlatans in business.

Why arrogant and psychopathic employees are commonly promoted to managerial levels.

Why we have not enough women in charge because they are more modest and more underconfident.

Yes.

It's true.

It's a fact.

And also why so many people, especially teenagers,

are obsessed with being famous just for the sake of being famous and spend so much time worshipping those who worship themselves.

And why some of you might spend so much time updating your Facebook status, hoping that others like what you're doing.

And, you know, luckily they can't dislike it.

They can only like it.

So what's the solution? and I want to finish on a negative note,

which really is for your benefit and for our benefit, collective benefit.

Maybe it's better to see the glass as half empty.

And not enough has been said emphasizing the positive power of negative thinking.

There are key adaptational benefits to your insecurities and to low confidence.

For example, low confidence is a threat detection signal that tells you that you shouldn't be doing something.

And you know, if you hear a little inner voice that tells you you shouldn't do something, consider yourself lucky.

Maybe you should pay attention to it.

At the same time, the reason why

so many people suffer from having low self -concept is

because this signal is emphasizing a discrepancy between the person you want to be and the person you think you are.

So what you should do about it is try to reduce

that discrepancy or that gap between confidence and competence by working hard.

not by reading self -help books that tell you that you shouldn't worry about your self -esteem,

that you're great, no matter what other people think of you.

And finally, low confidence and insecurities are key to keep us modest, humble.

And there are many advantages to modesty.

It keeps us attentive to negative feedback, which means that we are more coachable.

It also stops us from being complacent, and it also makes us more likable.

And this is coming from a recovering Argentine.

So the message is clear.

A less confident world would be a better world.

Thank you very much.

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Diese Sprechübung basiert auf dem Video „TED@NYC: The Power of Negative Thinking“. Diese Wörter kommen am häufigsten vor: confidence, overconfidence, self, competence, benefit. Dieses Video enthält 63 Sätze und 815 Wörter zum Nachsprechen. Der gesprochene Teil dauert 5:44. Der Sprecher spricht gleichmäßig mit etwa 142 Wörtern pro Minute – ein angenehmes Tempo fürs Shadowing. 82 % der Wörter gehören zu den 3.000 häufigsten im Englischen; den Rest solltest du dir vor dem Üben ansehen.

Wichtiger Wortschatz in diesem Video

15 lernenswerte Wörter aus dem Video, mit Aussprache und Bedeutung:

Wort	Aussprache	Bedeutung
competence Substantiv	/ˈkɑm.pə.təns/	Kompetenz, Befähigung
modest Adjektiv	/ˈmɑdəst/	bescheiden, maßvoll
emphasize Verb	/ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/	betonen, unterstreichen
commonly Adverb	/ˈkɑmənli/	gewöhnlich
worship Substantiv	/ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/	Verehrung, Anbetung
addiction Substantiv	/əˈdɪkˌʃən/	Abhängigkeit, Sucht
gambling Substantiv	/ˈɡæm.bl̩.ɪŋ/	Glücksspiel, Hasardspiel
insecurity Substantiv		Unsicherheit
vast Adjektiv	/væst/	beträchtlich, weit
suffer Verb	/ˈsʌfɚ/	leiden
decline Verb	/dɪˈklaɪn/	sinken, fallen
sake Substantiv	/ˈseɪ̯k/	Sinn, Ziel
mortgage Substantiv	/ˈmoɹ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/	Hypothek
foster Verb	/ˈfɒstə/	(in Pflege) aufziehen, (in Pflege) großziehen
feedback Substantiv	/ˈfiːdˌbæk/	Feedback, Rückmeldung

Phrasal Verbs, die du hören wirst

Wort	Aussprache	Bedeutung
pay back Verb	/peɪ bæk/	zurückzahlen

Grammatik in diesem Video

Die Strukturen, die der Sprecher am häufigsten verwendet, mit den genauen Worten aus dem Video:

Struktur	Im Video
Present Perfect Continuous have/has been + -ing – eine Handlung, die früher begann und noch andauert	has been declining · I've been conducting
Relativsätze who / which + Satz – eine Zusatzinformation über eine Person oder Sache	Argentina, which means · did, which is · meltdown, which are
Present Perfect have/has + Partizip Perfekt – eine vergangene Handlung, die jetzt noch wichtig ist	I've always been · has been said
Passiv be + Partizip Perfekt – wichtig ist, was geschieht, nicht wer es tut	are caused · has been said

Aussprache, auf die du achten solltest

Der Sprecher verwendet 13 Kurzformen und abgeschwächte Formen, zum Beispiel you're, shouldn't, I've. Sprich sie in der kurzen Form, so wie du sie hörst.

Die „th“-Laute: pathological /ˌpæθ.əˈlɑd͡ʒ.ɪ.kəl/, psychopathic /ˌsaɪkoʊˈpæθɪk/
Die Laute „sh“ und „zh“: worship /ˈwɝ.ʃɪp/, addiction /əˈdɪkˌʃən/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, profession /pɹəˈfɛʃ.ən/, detection /dɪˈtɛk.ʃən/
Lange Wörter – auf die Betonung achten: psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, underestimate /ʌndɚˈɛs.tɪ.meɪt/, managerial /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/

Laute, die Deutschsprachigen schwerfallen:

Stimmhafter Auslaut — /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/, /v/ am Wortende nicht verhärten: emphasize /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/, mortgage /ˈmoɹ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/, collective /kəˈlɛktɪv/, expertise /ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz/, perceive /pɚˈsiv/
/æ/ — offener als „ä“: gambling /ˈɡæm.bl̩.ɪŋ/, vast /væst/, feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/, gamble /ˈɡæm.bəl/, banker /ˈbæŋkəː/
/dʒ/ — stimmhaft, nicht „tsch“: mortgage /ˈmoɹ.ɡɪd͡ʒ/, psychology /saɪˈkɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/, teenager /ˈtiːnˌeɪ̯d͡ʒə/, psychologist /ˌsaɪˈkɑl.ə.d͡ʒɪst/, managerial /ˌmænɪˈd͡ʒɪəɹi.əl/

So übst du mit diesem Video

Höre dir das ganze Video einmal an, ohne zu sprechen, und notiere die Wörter, die du nicht kennst.
Sprich Satz für Satz in normaler Geschwindigkeit nach und wiederhole jeden, bis dein Rhythmus zum Sprecher passt.
Nimm dich auf und vergleiche mit dem Original; achte dabei auf Wörter wie competence, modest, emphasize.

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