My Conclusion

Humans are not very good at self-evaluation and may be unaware of how ignorant they are. This psychological deficiency is known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect, where an illusory superiority clouds the individual and forms a cognitive bias which makes them hold many overly ...

We live between rigidity and malleability. It means that both self-discovery and self-improvement matter.

• Self-discovery matters because the goals you set, and the life philosophy you hold, needs to be informed by the parts of yourself that tend to be fixed.

Instead of simply saying “thank you,” they might downplay the compliment, dismiss it, or even deflect it back. They may feel uncomfortable or undeserving, and might question the sincerity of the compliment.

This difficulty in accepting compliments is not about false modesty, but rather a g...