I think that I tend towards arrogance. This is because I have always been a loner and my self-esteem has been badly damaged in the past. Arrogance is in its own way a rationalization though. I rationalize my problems by declaring myself too good for these problems and making these problems a creation of the world rather than of myself. Certainly at some level I realize the untrue nature of my assertions and I most certainly realize that there are many people who are more capable than myself and such however, I sort of use my arrogance as a psychological tool to get motivation in terms of working hard and to protect myself from the problems that I will face in the future by claiming to have confidence and ability.
12 Feb 2006, 4:06 pm
