From Self-Discovery to Arrogance
Discovery of self and self-knowledge are essential to building leader credibility. People do not trust someone who is not clear about personal beliefs and who continues to shift from position to position based upon the latest opinion poll. But you must watch out for those who are so persuaded that their values are the right values that they become moralistic, pious, judgmental, arrogant, or self-righteous. People like this become overbearing and boorish. They are not interesting to other people, because they themselves are not interested in other people. You do not want to be around them, much less follow them.
Overconfidence is another danger of excessive self-knowledge. Critical as it is that you believe in ...
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