Show Notes
What happens when your confidence outruns your competence? Brené and Adam start with freestyle skiing champ Eileen Gu’s extraordinary Olympic press conference and use it to explore metacognition—how to notice your thinking, question it, and change it on purpose. They dig into the Dunning–Kruger effect, calibration, journaling, and feedback, discuss why we’re so bad at estimating timelines, and consider how “I’ve got this” energy can quietly wreck projects, relationships, and learning. From pickleball and ping pong to therapy and team meetings, this episode is about building the inner game of better thinking without losing your nerve along the way.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Introductions
3:45 - Eileen Gu’s Metacognition
- What is Metacognition?
- What is Dunning-Kruger?
- Time Estimation and The Planning Fallacy
- Metacognition and Dunning-Kruger Final Thoughts
- Wrap up
Shownotes:
Ihate minimalism - Hank Green, TikTok
Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know - Adam Grant, 2021,Book
Daniel Kahneman Doesn't Trust Your Intuition - Adam Grant, 2023,Re:Thinking with Adam Grant
The Story Rumble Process: A Guide for Groups and Teams - Brené Brown, Dare to Lead, 2018
Thelearning benefits of teaching: A retrieval practice hypothesis - Koh, 2018
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things - Adam Grant, 2023,Book
Charlotte Harpur and Eileen Gu, Final Press Conference, 2026Winter Olympics, Milano, Italy.
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