EP #249 Confidence or Arrogance

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Written By Robert DePasquale

Confidence is great. Arrogance sucks.

I’ve never found two things so different yet so miscast as each other so often.

We can all agree that confidence is an important thing to have in business. It’s what makes you believe that things can get and done and that you’ll make a positive impact on the world.

Arrogance is that thing that turns people off even to the most confident. In fact, in can take down a even the strongest pillars of belief.

I urge you to focus on doing things that build confidence and not arrogance in people. The environment that you create matters.

Have a generous rest of your week. 😀

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What You'll Learn in Today's Episode:

  • The similarities between confidence and arrogance

  • The different between confidence and arrogance

  • Formal definitions of confidence and arrogance

  • Ways to bring out confidence and suppress arrogance

  • How everyone on the team is of equal importance

  • An example of how mistakes at any level can be critical

  • How arrogance causes discomfort in more than one person

  • My thoughts about the effect of a sales contest

  • The toxic situation that arises from an arrogant employee

  • How confidence is shared and arrogance is the opposite

  • Why it’s importance to make people confident in themselves

  • How confidence is important for leaders and employees alike

  • How to combat an arrogant colleague

Quotes Worth Sharing:

  • “A lot of times, arrogant people are really confident.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “‘Arrogant people are people that we just don’t want to be around.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “Nobody is born a super arrogant person.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “Everybody can have the same amount of importance to the business.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “Arrogance is an overestimation of something.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “Never underestimate the importance the team has to you.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “Confidence is something that you can believe in and that others can believe in too.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “You want your boss to be confidence in themself.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “If you think it’s always about out, you have a problem.” - Bob DePasquale

  • “You can’t just try to cut them down.” - Bob DePasquale talking about an arrogant person

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