the.com/complacency
The pat on the back that turns into a knife, slowly.
means A quiet, self-satisfied contentment with how things are going — comfortable enough that you stop checking for danger.
from From Latin complacere, 'to please greatly' — com- (intensive) plus placere, 'to please' (the same root that gives us 'please' and 'placid'). So at its root, complacency just means being thoroughly pleased with oneself; the word's slide into 'dangerously self-satisfied' is a later English development, as being too pleased with how things are going came to be seen as its own quiet hazard.
- peak timing
- Hits right after your biggest win
- etymology
- Latin complacere, to please oneself completely
- business killer
- Kodak invented digital cameras, then ignored them
- disguise
- Feels identical to confidence until it is too late