Professionalism

[Dan_ref]

Originally Posted by Scrapper1

I didn't see this thread until this morning, but I think Z nailed the answer. Everybody thinks that they're better than they really are. That's why we go to camp, because objective observers see the flaws that we don't see in ourselves.

There was a study done a while ago that showed people with less ability/aptitude for a certain thing tend to have a better view of how well they perform relative to others than people who have more talent (if that makes sense).

The idea is the more talent you have for something the more you see your own flaws, and you are less satisfied with how you do. Those with less talent don't see their own flaws.

[Terrapins Fan]

That makes sense because I am always doing self evaluations.

I remember the first time something happened on the court and I didn't know the rule....I thought, "Wow, what do I do now?"

On the other hand, I deal with people who make it up as they go along instead of reading the rules.