What Is the Self-Serving Bias?
The self-serving bias is evaluating yourself by crediting successes to your abilities while blaming failures on external factors, protecting self-esteem. It acts like a “personal cheerleader,” especially when you feel anxious or doubt your abilities.
Metaphor
The self-serving bias is like editing your own highlight reel where only the slam dunks make the cut. The shared trait is selective editing that flatters performance while ignoring mistakes.
In practice, this bias cushions your self-esteem but also blinds you to areas where growth is needed.
Works Consulted
In addition to any sources cited above, the following works informed my thinking:(1)
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Njoki S. You’re Not So Smart [Internet]. Available from: https://medium.com/@sylnjo97/youre-not-so-smart-92ac9ce49028