I&#x27;ve learned that a lot of people need to lie to themselves sometimes to feel confident. If everyone was honest with themselves about how utterly average and relatively unimportant they are they&#x27;d probably be much less productive. And in case someone feels I&#x27;m looking down my nose, I consider myself positively average. A tiny part of me hopes&#x2F;wishes that I&#x27;m not, but the rest knows better.