Being confident is healthy, outrageous amount of it is ARROGANCE. The arrogant sees himself first. He assumes his views and opinions are The Truth. In arrogance, natural confidence goes sadly awry. Rather than the self-assurance born of knowing his own strengths and limitations, arrogance admits no limits. The arrogant brooks no weakness in himself and may even secretly rejoice to find flaws in others. They learn and become vain to think they have control over everything. But like any other self-centered traits, arrogance is a mask worn by people scared of spilling their imperfections out. This is not being strong but to appear to be. It is their way of comforting themselves telling they are "always right".
We all know it. The downside of arrogance is negativity. It fosters a negative-minded culture, not to mention the animosity it breeds. So, what is a negative-minded culture? Oh, not much, just one built atop hate and disrespect! Nothing good can come from one. It also invariably leads to poor decision making. An arrogant man is rarely capable of making good decisions of a competitive nature. He does, however, create an air of superiority, sometimes one of invincibility. He becomes almost unapproachable. Such arrogance is intimidating to many people because of its power to stifle the air, purposeful of course to "acquire and maintain". In a sense, it is a tactic of a bully.
Kill arrogance with a right mix of CONFIDENCE and HUMILITY.
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