True. I first heard it when Anthony Robbins said it around 1990 or so. It really began to be a trait of people in their 20s around that time.
AOC types take it to extremes. They actually went into Congress thinking they already know enough about how to get support to pass legislation and delay opponents' bills---the first day there! Elbowed past Pelosi and the rest without a backward glance.
In business---or organized crime---they wouldn't last the week. Actually DC is a combination of both.
“I first heard it when Anthony Robbins said it around 1990 or so.”
I didn’t know that. Perhaps I picked it up subliminally somewhere.
The picture I have in my head when I use that description is Pink Panther’s Inspector Clouseau as portrayed by Peter Sellers. It’s funny in a comedic movie. It’s sad when it’s the real-world situation of the people running (or ruining) your country.
Picture a scene from A Shot in the Dark (iirc):
While investigating a crime, Clouseau accidentally gets his hand stuck in a suit of armor. He then crashes a piano while trying to swat a fly, and the maid says, “That was a priceless Steinway!”
Sellers, with no hint of remorse: “Not any more.”
Confidence and incompetence.
Not so funny when they are wrecking our nation though.