Most people lack insight about the weaknesses in their intellectual or emotional skills. They overestimate their abilities, which leads to over-confidence.

• There are always things we know we know, and things we know we don't know - those provide the clues that can help you develop metacognition skills.
• Check your assumptions. Intellectual humility can greatly improve your metacognition skill.

When you ask yourself better questions, you are forced to think deeply about your tasks and problems and the best way forward.

• Before a task: Is this similar to a previous task? What do I want to accomplish? What should I do first?
• During th...