Certainty is not a sign of credibility. How do you tell the difference?

Have you ever had someone be so absolutely certain about something that you backed down even though you were pretty sure they were wrong?

 

We didn’t get into in this conversation but that is how a narcissist makes you question reality. A healthy person has the ability to wonder if they are wrong. To question and to learn.

 

We are hardwired to believe someone when they are really confident.

 

There are MANY examples involving obscene amounts of money to show that someone being certain doesn’t make them credible.

 

I had the opportunity to ask Rick Alcantara, Dr Bob Choat and Simon Coles how they navigate when to believe someone and when to discount their certainty.

 

Simon made the point that real experts enjoy being given the opportunity to share their thought process. People who don’t really know what they are talking about are going to respond to being thoughtfully questions with an emotional outburst.

 

So even if you aren’t an expert in a field, you can learn if someone really is by how they respond to being asked to explain how they came to their decision. 

 

How do you offset the human norm for just accepting confident certainty and a default sign of credibility? Do you think people are doing enough critical thinking in today’s world where everyone can have an equally loud voice on social media? 

 

Connect with the panelists:

Rick Alcantara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickalcantara/  

Dr. Bob Choat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobchoat/

Simon Coles: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjcoles/

Dr Robyn Odegaard: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robynodegaard/

 

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