With all of the recent, painful stories of abuse in the workplace, it makes one wonder how do people get to the place where they think they have a right to such abominable behavior? We only need to look at history to remind us that the source is always pride: en ego gone wild. When unleashed, pride develops a sense of entitlement and then the individual expects to get away with the behavior. It’s easy to point fingers at those in extreme egotistical meltdown on their way to destruction. But, we all have an ego, and we need to know when our attitudes and behavior is sending out red flags that we are getting off kilter. Pride will destroy. Our habit should be looking balance between pride and humility.
Check for these signs of your ego losing balance:
1. Being defensive of behaviors and decisions
2. Always comparing ourselves to others
3. Living life as a people-pleaser and always looking for acceptance from others
4. Constantly talking and bragging about one’s own accomplishments
In the workplace, if you find yourself with any of these attitudes, you will want to take actions to adjust:
- Seeing a co-worker as a rival and you try o figure out a way to beat them
- Disagreeing with someone just because you don’t like them
- Criticizing a person’s idea just because you don’t like them
- Taking it personally when someone disagrees with you
- Feeling worse about yourself when someone else succeeds
In the next post, we’ll look at some ways to live your life governed by humility.
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