If you have the choice between humble and cocky, go with cocky. There's always time to be humble later, once you've been proven horrendously, irrevocably wrong.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The quote suggests choosing confidence over humility now, because humility can be adopted later after failure.
- In plain terms
- Pick cockiness now; humility can come after you’re proven wrong.
- What can you take from it?
- Be bold first, humble later.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- When is it better to be humble first?
- How does confidence affect outcomes?
Another view
Overconfidence can lead to unnecessary mistakes before learning humility.
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