Last night I had a belated birthday dinner treat from two friends. We knew each other through a project we did together where I was a very pushy group leader. I think all of us in the group got an A for the module but sometimes wonder if it was worth putting myself in such a 'hated' position. Well... we stayed as friends and even went travellign together. Not that bad I guess. I never thought they would actually want to be friends with a tyranny group leader. Anyway back to last night... after the dinner, one of them mentioned about one word which would describe me, this probably was like a johari window out of the virtual world. The clue was, it starts with an 'A' and ends with a 'T'. After quite a bit of guessing the word came out.
'ARROGANT'...!!!
I guess I always knew somehow I projected somewhat an image like that. But hearing someone actually saying that about you? Hmmm... feels different. But I didn't take it too bad as these people were like super open and unafraid of sayig anything politically incorrect so its the truth but it doesn't mean they felt offended byit or anything. Frankly, I wonder how many of mycloser friends really know the truth to my 'arrogance'. Or am I just kidding my self and I really am arrogant.
Where is the line drawn then, arrogance and confidence? I want to be able to believe in myself, yet not be arrogant. Anyway I don't really have anything to be arrogant about. Arrogant or not, one thing I still need to learn is to take criticisms well and positively.
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