I am told I lack self-confidence, which may or may not be true, I don't really trust my own judgment, but self-confidence in others I find distasteful. People with stalwart faith in themselves are annoying to be around, no matter what they do or how modest they try to appear. If they hide it well, I feel they're being patronizing, keeping their brilliant personal glow and parchment scroll of magnificent accomplishments under wraps so as not to further humiliate the diffident shambling shmucks around them. If they don't hide it well they're just flaunting it, their hale sheen of self-assurance blinding me and causing me to hate them. So it's a little unfair, I admit, but they can't win either way, except if they stay away from me, which is the ideal solution. It also helps if their achievements are balanced by an equally impressive list of surprising failures, personal and professional reversals, and maybe a tragedy or two.