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Zack

How would you normally handle arrogance?

Posted - March 3, 2018
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  • 1128
    You have that right! I've never seen Spunky be arrogant, only truthful. Guess some can't handle it though! 
      March 4, 2018 4:52 PM MST
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  • 3463
    I am just glad she is on our side LOL.
      March 4, 2018 5:02 PM MST
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  • 1128
    I know right? LOL
      March 4, 2018 5:19 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Some have suggested that I might try to be more diplomatic.  I find that if you're too diplomatic, people sometimes walk away wondering what I meant. 
      March 5, 2018 7:54 AM MST
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  • 1128
    I'd rather have a person be upfront with me than to beat around the bush or to be too diplomatic. 
      March 5, 2018 8:21 AM MST
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  • 19937
    That's how I prefer others to be with me.  I'm not so thin-skinned that I will take offense at someone's honesty.
      March 5, 2018 8:23 AM MST
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  • 1128
    Exactly! I was raised with 6 older brothers and 1 older sister who didn't sugarcoat anything. It taught me how not to be thin-skinned. 
      March 5, 2018 8:26 AM MST
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  • 3375
    I had to grow thicker skin after being in a home where insults and criticisms were normal.  Took a few years and learning to surround myself with people that were supportive and kind in their honesty.  
      March 5, 2018 9:53 AM MST
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  • 3463
    I always try to be diplomatic unless that doesn't work.
    But I have seen it work well in your favor.
      March 5, 2018 10:30 AM MST
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  • 19937
    Thank you. :)
      March 5, 2018 2:11 PM MST
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  • 3375
    Exactly right.  She is very direct and fair.  I really like that in people.
      March 4, 2018 5:37 PM MST
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  • 19937
    Thank you. :)
      March 5, 2018 7:52 AM MST
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  • 19937

    No arrogance was intended in my opinion.  I was not put on this Earth to suffer the over-inflated ego of others.  Therefore, letting someone know I'm not as impressed with them as they seem to be with themselves is something I prefer to do sooner rather than later. 

      March 5, 2018 8:15 AM MST
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  • 3463
    That does not work because the only view point they ever see is their own.
    You have to hit them hard and fast with what you want to say and get out before they have a chance to get to you.
      March 4, 2018 1:48 PM MST
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  • 182
    But I have already found it does work. 
      March 4, 2018 2:35 PM MST
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  • 3463
    That is a great.
      March 4, 2018 3:05 PM MST
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  • 23577

    I admit it -- and it's probably not the most rational way - - but if I find someone arrogant, I realize it's out of my control to "change" them. So, I find safe people to vent it out with, if the arrogant person irritates me to that point.

    If the person is me (or is it "I?") who is being arrogant, I would hope, if someone felt they needed to let me know, that they'd do it in a constructive, kind way. And I would hope I could take the criticism and put it to good use. (Including the option of ignoring the person's opinion of me, ha!)

    :)



      March 4, 2018 3:04 PM MST
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  • 3463
    I have never seen you act arrogant. You are always nice as far as I can see.
      March 4, 2018 3:07 PM MST
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  • 23577
    Thanks, Lulu'sMom.
    :)
    I don't recall ever being called arrogant, you're right. I was just adding, in my head, that if I were called arrogant, I would attempt to deal with it like other criticisms of a so-called negative kind of which I have been called - - "self-centered" is one that one particular person vehemently believed I was. There was some truth to it. I've improved I'd like to think, though I don't believe I was so self-centered as she believed.
      March 4, 2018 4:10 PM MST
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  • 3463
    Don't worry it's all good.
      March 4, 2018 4:25 PM MST
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  • 23577
    :)

    Thanks.
    I am a worrier, I do know that, ha!
    :)
      March 4, 2018 4:29 PM MST
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  • 3375
    I feel a lot like you.  I worry more about how I react to arrogance.  Keeping a cool head and cutting at the ankles is usually the best bet.  There are people that want a negative reaction.  
      March 4, 2018 4:49 PM MST
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  • 23577
    Thanks, PeaPod. What's "cutting at the ankles" mean?
      March 4, 2018 4:57 PM MST
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  • 3375
    Means I cut it off from the start.  
      March 4, 2018 5:34 PM MST
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  • 3375
    ...if I am paying attention.  LOL

      March 4, 2018 5:38 PM MST
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