CHAPTER 4: A REALITY CHECK - THE DUNNING KRUGER EFFECT Confidence is a great thing; it’s important that you know what you are good at and you don’t doubt yourself in that area. However, it is equally as important that you are familiar with your weaknesses. In this chapter, you will learn about the dangers associated with the inability to assess your competencies and how you can protect yourself against it. We all know someone who is out of touch with reality when it comes to assessing their skills. For example, the co-worker who thinks they’ve got such a good sense of humor, but their jokes are never funny! You might not have this problem, but it’s helpful to understand it as you never know what the future holds. ‘THE DUNNING-KRUGER EFFECT The Dunning-Kruger Effect occurs when an individual is not only incompetent in a certain area but fails to realize how bad they are at it. The person suffering