Comments on: Is Your Pride Hindering Your Growth? http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/ Personal Development Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:37:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Vincent http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-6881 Vincent Fri, 10 Jul 2009 15:52:22 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-6881 Hi Jez, First of all, thanks for sharing your personal story with us. It seems like you know what had went wrong and you already have an answer on how to fix it. I wish you success in your personal growth and I hope to talk to you again. :) Cheers, Vincent Hi Jez,

First of all, thanks for sharing your personal story with us. It seems like you know what had went wrong and you already have an answer on how to fix it. I wish you success in your personal growth and I hope to talk to you again. :)

Cheers,
Vincent

]]> By: Jez http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-6825 Jez Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:05:12 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-6825 I'm learning the hard way about the pitfalls of pride, and how it can seriously damage personal relationships. It slides into your life in silent , sinister ways. I was taught to not show true emotions because it would be offensive to others, so you say to yourself, I'm taking the high road, thinking you are helping the situation by not burdening others with your true opinion. Much to my shame, I have caused those I care about to distrust me, my intentions. My behaviors become scrutinized to see if the words match the actions because of pride. I didn't think that I was better than anyone else, but i did beleive that the moral ground in which I perched myself, placed me above certain behaviors. How wrong I have been. Pride is recipe for self delusion, the fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact. For me it seems to have created a loop of growth stunting experiences where one elevates themselves above a negitive situation, free floating without direction, making a grounded existance impossible. Thank you for your blog and post on pride, it has come to me at an important time of personal growth. I’m learning the hard way about the pitfalls of pride, and how it can seriously damage personal relationships.

It slides into your life in silent , sinister ways. I was taught to not show true emotions because it would be offensive to others, so you say to yourself, I’m taking the high road, thinking you are helping the situation by not burdening others with your true opinion.

Much to my shame, I have caused those I care about to distrust me, my intentions. My behaviors become scrutinized to see if the words match the actions because of pride.

I didn’t think that I was better than anyone else, but i did beleive that the moral ground in which I perched myself, placed me above certain behaviors. How wrong I have been.

Pride is recipe for self delusion, the fixed false belief that is resistant to reason or confrontation with actual fact.

For me it seems to have created a loop of growth stunting experiences where one elevates themselves above a negitive situation, free floating without direction, making a grounded existance impossible.

Thank you for your blog and post on pride, it has come to me at an important time of personal growth.

]]> By: Vincent http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1750 Vincent Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:15:30 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-1750 Hi Christine, It is sad to hear that about your friend. I believe that her pride has closed many doors to her such as relationship or education. Covering our mistakes with lies just does not make sense because it is basically self denial which halts our growth. Vincent Personal Development Blogger Hi Christine,

It is sad to hear that about your friend. I believe that her pride has closed many doors to her such as relationship or education. Covering our mistakes with lies just does not make sense because it is basically self denial which halts our growth.

Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

]]> By: christine http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1719 christine Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:07:46 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-1719 Pride also promotes lies which are a contributory factor to relationship destructions. I have a friend who is struggling with maintaining relationships with people because of her pride and lying nature. Her pride wouldn’t let her accept mistakes or admit that she’s incompetent in certain field. She rather cooks up lies to cover-up her mistakes than admit it. People like her need to visit this site. Pride also promotes lies which are a contributory factor to relationship destructions. I have a friend who is struggling with maintaining relationships with people because of her pride and lying nature. Her pride wouldn’t let her accept mistakes or admit that she’s incompetent in certain field. She rather cooks up lies to cover-up her mistakes than admit it. People like her need to visit this site.

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]]> By: Vincent http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1558 Vincent Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:55:21 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-1558 Hi Clinton, "But success is never free nor easy. If it was either of those I’d have been successful 100,000 times over." I love what you had said. Success is never easy and it takes dedication to life long learning to ensure that we can reach the top but the funny thing in life is no matter how high we are, there are always places much more higher that we can strive for. Cheers Vincent Personal Development Blogger Hi Clinton,

“But success is never free nor easy. If it was either of those I’d have been successful 100,000 times over.”

I love what you had said. Success is never easy and it takes dedication to life long learning to ensure that we can reach the top but the funny thing in life is no matter how high we are, there are always places much more higher that we can strive for.

Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

]]> By: Clinton Skakun http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Clinton Skakun Sat, 28 Feb 2009 18:10:32 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-1537 Pride is destructive, I totally agree. A few months ago @Armano wrote a blog post about "expert knowledge" explaining how overused and over rated the word expert is. He brought up the point that experts often consider themselves experts because they think they know enough to be experts. Ever since I read that post I've come to realize that the successful people aren't the experts but the ones who are constantly learning how to reach the peak of their brain power that can never be reached in one lifetime. When you see a person who likes to blame, grab and then complain there's not enough, these people are very easy to identify. It's so obvious you have to wonder how they never figured it out. There's these certain traits that are identifiable with proud, stubborn and selfish people. As Long said our obsession with things cause us to loose focus on the important things in life. Focus on people, team work, reaching out etc should come before a Benze or a fancy house. What you say about pride limiting our learning makes sense. I've always felt like I was born to succeed in something great. That's very encouraging but at times it has lead to believe that I don't need to try as hard as other people to accomplish things because I'm going to succeed anyways. But the truth is my burning desire to succeed, some I've had since I was born, I believe is something I need to follow. However this doesn't mean that I'm not going to work just as hard as everyone else or maybe even harder for my own success. We all have talents and a very few of us are born with Einstein type brains, I'm for sure not one of those. But lets face it, we'd all be losers unless we kept on learning. I believe that everyone is born to succeed. But success is never free nor easy. If it was either of those I'd have been successful 100,000 times over. Vincent, you really have a talent and a skill for communicating your thoughts. Excellent article! Regards Clinton Skakun Pride is destructive, I totally agree. A few months ago @Armano wrote a blog post about “expert knowledge” explaining how overused and over rated the word expert is. He brought up the point that experts often consider themselves experts because they think they know enough to be experts. Ever since I read that post I’ve come to realize that the successful people aren’t the experts but the ones who are constantly learning how to reach the peak of their brain power that can never be reached in one lifetime.

When you see a person who likes to blame, grab and then complain there’s not enough, these people are very easy to identify. It’s so obvious you have to wonder how they never figured it out. There’s these certain traits that are identifiable with proud, stubborn and selfish people.

As Long said our obsession with things cause us to loose focus on the important things in life. Focus on people, team work, reaching out etc should come before a Benze or a fancy house.

What you say about pride limiting our learning makes sense. I’ve always felt like I was born to succeed in something great. That’s very encouraging but at times it has lead to believe that I don’t need to try as hard as other people to accomplish things because I’m going to succeed anyways. But the truth is my burning desire to succeed, some I’ve had since I was born, I believe is something I need to follow. However this doesn’t mean that I’m not going to work just as hard as everyone else or maybe even harder for my own success. We all have talents and a very few of us are born with Einstein type brains, I’m for sure not one of those. But lets face it, we’d all be losers unless we kept on learning. I believe that everyone is born to succeed. But success is never free nor easy. If it was either of those I’d have been successful 100,000 times over.

Vincent, you really have a talent and a skill for communicating your thoughts. Excellent article!

Regards
Clinton Skakun

]]> By: Vincent http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1513 Vincent Fri, 27 Feb 2009 09:32:45 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-1513 Hi Keith, People who keep learning do look younger. I saw a grandma on the newspaper learning to play an electric guitar and she looks 20 years younger than she actually is! Vincent Personal Development Blogger Hi Keith,

People who keep learning do look younger. I saw a grandma on the newspaper learning to play an electric guitar and she looks 20 years younger than she actually is!

Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

]]> By: Keith Smith http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1507 Keith Smith Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:44:14 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-1507 This article really tells it like it is. I encounter both types of people on a daily basis. There are those who never cease to learn and they are invariably happier people! They look and act younger than their opposites who, for some reason, have ceased to grow as a person. Pride is certainly one reason some people cease to learn and I think sometimes people get mentally lazy. Taking the easy road all the time and not challenging themselves. Thanks for writing an article on this topic. It needs to be spoken about often. -Keith This article really tells it like it is. I encounter both types of people on a daily basis. There are those who never cease to learn and they are invariably happier people! They look and act younger than their opposites who, for some reason, have ceased to grow as a person. Pride is certainly one reason some people cease to learn and I think sometimes people get mentally lazy. Taking the easy road all the time and not challenging themselves. Thanks for writing an article on this topic. It needs to be spoken about often.

-Keith

]]> By: Vincent http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/807/is-your-pride-hindering-your-growth/comment-page-1/#comment-1501 Vincent Thu, 26 Feb 2009 05:59:06 +0000 http://www.healthmoneysuccess.com/?p=807#comment-1501 @Hi Clemens, Blaming others is a sign of shirking our own responsibility and it definitely limit our chances of learning and changing. @Hi Long, I'm glad that you had put your pride in bringing joy to others and this is really a great value to have. :) @Hi Mark, Whenever we refuse to apologize for our mistakes, we are damaging the relationship. In order to strengthen our relationship with others, we need to be able to admit our mistakes when we made one and apologize for it.I'm guilty of it too sometimes, got to improve on it. Cheers Vincent Personal Development Blogger @Hi Clemens,

Blaming others is a sign of shirking our own responsibility and it definitely limit our chances of learning and changing.

@Hi Long,

I’m glad that you had put your pride in bringing joy to others and this is really a great value to have. :)

@Hi Mark,

Whenever we refuse to apologize for our mistakes, we are damaging the relationship. In order to strengthen our relationship with others, we need to be able to admit our mistakes when we made one and apologize for it.I’m guilty of it too sometimes, got to improve on it.

Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

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