The Value of Something - Confidence vs Arrogance

Posted On Tuesday, 23 March 2010 07:06

by Joey Ricard

Some people in life look at the value everything is worth; their sunglasses, their car, their clothes, the type of watch they wear, and how much they make.

I understand 100% that we should value everything, and appreciate the value of things and people in your life. Some people bring more value than others, and some people bring less value.

Now that we have covered what value is and we all understand how value works, let’s go over confidence.

Confidence is understanding your value and how you are valued among others. People with good strong confidence do not second guess their value in life, and know when they do something it is exactly what is asked from them.

Now confidence can be confused with arrogance. If you do not take the time to analyze a person you can easily miscategorize someone as confident when they are arrogant and vice-versa.

Here is the difference in someone that is confident versus someone that is arrogant.

Someone that is confident knows their value, finds value in others, and cherishes the values others bring.

Someone that is arrogant thinks their value is among everyone else, assumes peoples value, and typically looks at you as a replaceable item versus a valuable person.

I am writing this because I want others to look at themselves, and think… am I confident, or am I arrogant?

• Do you look at what others have and think I deserve that, or I can do better than them?
• Do you look at someone and think this person is not the “type of people” I hang out with?
• Do you look at someone and think they are a loser because they do a particular thing?

Someone who is confident brings value, someone who is confident finds value in every person, someone who is confident is a leader and helps instill these attributes in others.

You can tell the difference in a confident person and an arrogant person by how many long term relationships they have. Someone who is arrogant will tend to use out a person until the value is gone, like they do with all things in their life. The confident person tends to keep people around, because he helps them when they are low, and helps them seek the value they can bring. They cherish long term relationships and seek a more meaningful purpose to life than just value.