fillosophy

Normally, I’d steer clear of nailing down on a subject that would appear more hypocritical than seeing a priest in an F-Street sex shop on a Sunday morning preaching about how pedophiles are bad people, but a little space to justify my personality record from time-to-time on my own damn blogspace is far from uncalled for I believe, especially if it’s about ego.

I’ll start with “my type”:

Confident Egoist
These types know their abilities, in fact, they’re so intimately aware of what they’re capable of, they refuse to allow anyone to tell them otherwise. Confidence is a great thing to have, when it’s true, I’d say - most people who have a skill would love to fall into this category, especially if they were a business owner. Having a ton of confidence in your abilities gives you the ability to take risks that you normally wouldn’t if you were unsure you could “pull it off” or not, and you have to be able to just think you’re the best you can be at what you do enough to pretty much make leaps that “non-egoists” would remotely ever come close to trying.

Problem: These types are often type-a personalities as well, directly being assholes to others in order to stay in charge of their situation and refusing to be a team player, lame. This causes all sorts of stupid, and makes it very hard to deal with and take advantage of what this person actually has to offer.

Suggestion for these types: When dealing with others, make sure you forget you’re a total ego-centric douche bag long enough to hear someone out, and try to learn something new, hear something different, and consider other possibilities other than their own.

Hell, everyone should give that a shot, actually.

Self-Righteous
These people are, in my mind, near the top of the list of “Types You Don’t Need To Know, Ever”. In fact, I think it’d be safe to assume that most people, even those that are self-righteous, hate people that are self-righteous. These are the people that never talk about anything without it tying back to them, they can’t hear anything without automatically thinking about how it relates to them or effects them, and they never get involved in something that doesn’t benefit them in one way or the other. They think their ideas and plans are the best ideas and plans ever. They only openly listen to others so that they can say that they do that. They automatically internalize pretty much everything someone says about anything… you get the idea.

Problem: To be honest, the problem is the person. I’m not sure how it happens, but these people normally have a very distorted view of themselves and apply/project/request a self-value based on this distortion. They “think” they’re the greatest thing that ever walked the earth, and 99% of the time… they couldn’t be more incorrect. So, all in all, the problem is weeding these folks out of your schedule.

Suggestion for these types: I’ve never actually met a self-righteous person that believed they were self-righteous, didn’t confuse being self-righteous with supreme confidence, and didn’t try to justify who they were without looking at how “everyone else is just like them”. They’re too far gone to help… so my suggestion is simply - Take a moment and stop being yourself.

Power-Monger
Oh… the humanity. There are those types that buy Boardwalk, and refuse to play any longer if they can’t. They don’t really have much to bring to the table, but they want to take control of whatever is on it. They are so self-overrated that they think nothing (in their arena) could ever get done right if their hands aren’t all over those that actually know what to do and how to do it.

Problem: These people are useless, deep down in side they might know they’re useless, and will usually default to personal mudslinging and random drama junk to ensure they can stay on top of those that should be organizing a coup to rid themselves of these clowns. They often cause more work than needs to be done, just to keep their “I’m important” badge on their lapel, and also to make it appear as though they understand what’s going on around them.

Suggestion for these types: Tip, first. We (the skilled) know you’re worthless, but are unfortunately for some reason or another forced to deal with you constantly. Need to feel fulfilled in life? Go manage a Starbucks. I don’t want to have to deal with you in a skill-based field, and I’m sure most skill-based people are tired of putting  up with you pissing in our corn flakes.

enrique
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