Show Off is for Daredevils

Many times have I gotten overexcited when doing something, that my confidence speeds up too rapidly. For example, when trying to do a trick on a ramp with my mountain bike, if I start to swank, I only end up making a ridiculing myself in front of everyone I was trying to impress. It almost always ends badly. Like myself, Daedalus's son, Icarus, committed the same mistake when he ignored his father's precautions and flew high enough for the sun's heat to melt the wax that held the feathers together. The myth says that "they passed Samos and Delos on the left and Lebynthos on the right, when the boy, exulting in his career, began to leave the guidance of his companion and soar upward as if to reach heaven." It is better to go at it slowly than to take a big leap of confidence. All he ended up proving is that by trying to pose for his father, he can not only make himself appear disobedient and cocky, but can also kill himself in the process. It isn't worth the risk. Confidence can betray you. Your ego can make you look stupid.