Arrogance is a byproduct of pride. Pride and vanity are two sides of the same coin. Arrogance often has a counterintuitive effect upon anything someone has to say. If someone’s ideas are delivered in an arrogant way, the common reaction from their audience is to feel put off. This is an example of Pride and Vanity clashing with each other, and one of the most significant reasons for mankind’s misunderstanding of each other.
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The common reason why someone would be put off by arrogance is because it triggers their ego. It puts the ego on the defensive because the listener feels like the arrogance of the individual they are listening to is operating under the premise that they are better than the listener or that the listener is of less value. This is counterintuitive because the listener can become so distracted by the arrogance that they may completely ignore the ideas of the presenter. If the listener’s ego has received a significant amount of damage from the presenter, the listener may go as far as to feel like they need to humble the presenter or take them down a notch, before the listener will pay any attention to the ideas being presented. This is an example of spiteful and vindictive behavior from the listener, and ironically enough this behavior is commonly caused by the vanity of their own ego. The pride projected by the presenter’s arrogance creates a reflection of the listener’s vanity. The need to humble the presenter is an egocentric reactionary response from the listener actually aimed towards the arrogant tone itself, because they see the flexing of ego as a challenge to their own ego. This defensive response indicates that the listener may be someone who clings to their ego as a resource for maintaining their social value in lieu of any social merit.
Leggo My Ego
The resulting ignorant behavior is a classic example of clashing egos; pride vs vanity (the two sides of the same coin). This is a common reason for miscommunication among individuals and a failure to comprehend, as well as objectively discuss/argue, new ideas. Instead, the focal point of the interaction becomes a subjective and/or primitive battle of egos to establish social value, and more often than not it’s in the absence of any rewards for legitimate social merit. Common people cling to their ego to maintain a sense of self-worth. This false sense of merit, that is so commonly internalized, creates and provides sustenance for an artificial sense of social value. The artificial sense of social value is usually the reason why a clashing of egos occurs, and commonly occurs when an egocentric individual is exposed to arrogance. Their ego goes into autopilot mode in order to fight the arrogance, instead of focusing on what the arrogant individual is saying. People who are put off by arrogance are common and they typically end up missing the point of the conversation. People who become defensive or reactive to arrogance tend to be egocentric. In worst case scenarios their actions are based on ignorance, which usually destroys any chance they had to create a social connection to transmute ideas.
Egocentrism is So Emo
You may ask yourself, if it is so important for the presenter to share their ideas then why would they choose to deliver them with arrogance? Many successful artists, entrepreneurs, businessmen, and venture capitalists speak with arrogance. These are individuals who have earned enough merit to be deemed socially exceptional by society’s standards, based on their personal achievements. Their arrogance typically stems from dealing with those who are socially common (the egocentrics without merit). Instead of learning from somebody successful, the socially common will instead begin to question why someone is considered successful in the first place, or what makes them so successful by comparison. This is an example common people defending their vanity and projecting suppressed envy. The result is usually a slew of losses that include some mix of time, money, effort and perhaps a sincere connection that could have led to prosperity and new opportunities. If there is anything that annoys an achiever more than anything else, it’s the deep searing feeling of an opportunity for prosperity squandered or lost. I have noticed over the years that arrogance develops in the character of achievers more often than not as a kind of auto-defense mechanism to filter out the pessimistic flotsam of society (the common egocentric individual of low social merit). If the achiever has had a life of consistently having to defend the merits of their achievements, their pride will manifest a trait of arrogance in their character. The achiever is wise to what they had to endure in order to accomplish their achievements. If they are individuals who have regularly had the merit of those achievements marginalized by socially common interactors, who are less than knowledgeable of such feats, the frustration of social ignorance becomes the source of their arrogance.
The common reason why someone would be put off by arrogance is because it triggers their ego. It puts the ego on the defensive because the listener feels like the arrogance of the individual they are listening to is operating under the premise that they are better than the listener or that the listener is of less value. This is counterintuitive because the listener can become so distracted by the arrogance that they may completely ignore the ideas of the presenter. If the listener’s ego has received a significant amount of damage from the presenter, the listener may go as far as to feel like they need to humble the presenter or take them down a notch, before the listener will pay any attention to the ideas being presented. This is an example of spiteful and vindictive behavior from the listener, and ironically enough this behavior is commonly caused by the vanity of their own ego. The pride projected by the presenter’s arrogance creates a reflection of the listener’s vanity. The need to humble the presenter is an egocentric reactionary response from the listener actually aimed towards the arrogant tone itself, because they see the flexing of ego as a challenge to their own ego. This defensive response indicates that the listener may be someone who clings to their ego as a resource for maintaining their social value in lieu of any social merit.
Leggo My Ego
The resulting ignorant behavior is a classic example of clashing egos; pride vs vanity (the two sides of the same coin). This is a common reason for miscommunication among individuals and a failure to comprehend, as well as objectively discuss/argue, new ideas. Instead, the focal point of the interaction becomes a subjective and/or primitive battle of egos to establish social value, and more often than not it’s in the absence of any rewards for legitimate social merit. Common people cling to their ego to maintain a sense of self-worth. This false sense of merit, that is so commonly internalized, creates and provides sustenance for an artificial sense of social value. The artificial sense of social value is usually the reason why a clashing of egos occurs, and commonly occurs when an egocentric individual is exposed to arrogance. Their ego goes into autopilot mode in order to fight the arrogance, instead of focusing on what the arrogant individual is saying. People who are put off by arrogance are common and they typically end up missing the point of the conversation. People who become defensive or reactive to arrogance tend to be egocentric. In worst case scenarios their actions are based on ignorance, which usually destroys any chance they had to create a social connection to transmute ideas.
Egocentrism is So Emo
You may ask yourself, if it is so important for the presenter to share their ideas then why would they choose to deliver them with arrogance? Many successful artists, entrepreneurs, businessmen, and venture capitalists speak with arrogance. These are individuals who have earned enough merit to be deemed socially exceptional by society’s standards, based on their personal achievements. Their arrogance typically stems from dealing with those who are socially common (the egocentrics without merit). Instead of learning from somebody successful, the socially common will instead begin to question why someone is considered successful in the first place, or what makes them so successful by comparison. This is an example common people defending their vanity and projecting suppressed envy. The result is usually a slew of losses that include some mix of time, money, effort and perhaps a sincere connection that could have led to prosperity and new opportunities. If there is anything that annoys an achiever more than anything else, it’s the deep searing feeling of an opportunity for prosperity squandered or lost. I have noticed over the years that arrogance develops in the character of achievers more often than not as a kind of auto-defense mechanism to filter out the pessimistic flotsam of society (the common egocentric individual of low social merit). If the achiever has had a life of consistently having to defend the merits of their achievements, their pride will manifest a trait of arrogance in their character. The achiever is wise to what they had to endure in order to accomplish their achievements. If they are individuals who have regularly had the merit of those achievements marginalized by socially common interactors, who are less than knowledgeable of such feats, the frustration of social ignorance becomes the source of their arrogance.
“What is the difference between someone who is ignorant and someone who is indifferent?”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.”
“I don’t know and I don’t care.”