It bugs me when there is always that one person who always
has to be right. No matter what the topic is, that person feels the need to put
in their opinion and argue that it is
the correct way to approach the situation. Let’s say, for example, someone says
that the sun is a million miles away when it is actually a billion miles away.
That person would feel the need to correct that mistake and lord it over them.
Was it necessary? No. When we correct people, we are making them feel smaller
than they are. What we are doing is making ourselves feel more important at the
expense of someone else. Will it make a difference in their lives how many
miles we are from the sun? No. Will it make a difference in our lives? No.
Then, we might as well let them believe that the sun is millions of miles away.
Ever
have an amazing experience or accomplishment that you were excited to tell one
of your friends? Course, we all have those. Ever have the other person rain on
your parade? Ever have them feel the need to top your story time after time?
Really now? Couldn’t they have just let you have your moment? I was reading a
book and it said that most of us are just trying to impress the other person. Well,
it was discovered that the most effective way of impressing the other person is
letting them know that you are impressed by them. Other responses will make
that person think that “you are a fool who doesn’t know his way around.” Just a
thought.
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