They think, I'm really a smart investor, I figured it out,; it can reinforce the behavior until they get to maybe some terrible end.

他们会想我真是个聪明的投资人,我制定了如此有效的投资策略,这种想法使他们的自我膨胀加剧,直到他们遇到挫折或打击

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But they--because of over confidence and magical thinking, it starts to go to their ego.

但由于过度自信和神奇式思考,他们会自我膨胀

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In a normal, productive, healthy, happy environment, people don't scream at you about how bad you're doing but they compliment how good you are and that could lead to an inflated self-esteem on the part of people in certain domains.

在一个正常，高效，健康快乐的环境里，人们不会大声跟你说你做得有多差,但他们会称赞你做得很好,因而导致人们在某些方面,自我评价膨胀。

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