{"id":4525,"date":"2015-03-24T06:17:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T10:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=4525"},"modified":"2015-03-24T06:32:23","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T10:32:23","slug":"arrogance-vs-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/?p=4525","title":{"rendered":"arrogance vs. confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-1422728221357-57980993ea99.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4526\" src=\"https:\/\/intramuralist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/photo-1422728221357-57980993ea99-300x300.jpeg\" alt=\"photo-1422728221357-57980993ea99\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Arrogance or confidence &#8212; how can we tell the difference? I\u2019ve heard some say a healthy dose of arrogance is needed. I\u2019m not so sure. Far more valuable and necessary is a humble confidence. A humble confidence is evident in the one who never puts too much emphasis on self&#8230; who never thinks more highly of himself than he ought&#8230; and one who willingly defers to other people&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The arrogant man looks down on other people.<\/li>\n<li>The confident man wants to learn from other people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The arrogant man believes the world revolves around him.<\/li>\n<li>The confident man teaches others that it does not.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The arrogant man cares more about impressing supposed superiors.<\/li>\n<li>The confident man never measures the difference between superiors or the perceived below.<em> (Note: there is no such thing as \u201cinferior\u201d in the confident man\u2019s mind.) <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I believe the most attractive professional, politician, and person is one who is confident &#8212; not arrogant.<\/p>\n<p>So help me; is it arrogance or confidence exuding from the following?<\/p>\n<p>From Mark Twain: <em>\u201cWhen I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>From Hillary Clinton just after Bill became President: <em>\u201cI&#8217;m not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>From then candidate Barack Obama after winning the nomination: <em>\u201cI\u2019m LeBron, baby.\u00a0 I can play on this level. I got game.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Not to mention talk radio\u2019s Rush Limbaugh in his seemingly daily proclamation: <em>\u201cI\u2019m Rush Limbaugh. I have talent on loan from God.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>And from the Wall St. Journal\u2019s Ben Cohen just this week: <em>\u201cIt was obvious from the first day of this college-basketball season that there was one game everyone in this sport wanted to see: Kentucky vs. Duke. Now, after the first week of the NCAA tournament, this dream matchup is more than a mere possibility. It\u2019s the likeliest national-championship game.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Arrogance or confidence. Some say it doesn\u2019t matter. I say it does. It gives us a window into the integrity of a person\u2019s heart&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrogance is unattractive.<\/li>\n<li>Confidence is attractive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrogance manipulates people.<\/li>\n<li>Confidence genuinely leads people.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Arrogance is fleeting.<\/li>\n<li>Confidence lasts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hence, the question isn\u2019t so much whether it\u2019s arrogance or confidence that exudes from the man; the better question is:\u00a0to us, does it matter?<\/p>\n<p>Respectfully&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>AR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arrogance or confidence &#8212; how can we tell the difference? I\u2019ve heard some say a healthy dose of arrogance is needed. I\u2019m not so sure. Far more valuable and necessary is a humble confidence. 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