How am I doing? That depends who is asking
How good are you at your favorite activity? Wait—don’t answer yet, because you’re probably wrong. Your perception of how good you are is influenced by how good you actually are. This is explained by the Dunning-Kruger effect, which is cognitive psychology’s name for the disparity between self-perception and reality. Here is what it looks like: The Dunning-Kruger Effect demonstrates that the less you know the more you think you know. ...