Pride is Holding You Back
The Cost of Pride: Lessons from Chad Veach on Real Leadership
“Pride is this thing that we don't wrestle with once a day... It's an hour-by-hour, minute-by-minute thing that you can vacillate into pride and humility.”
?- Chad Veach, Lead Pastor Zoe Church, author of “I Bet You Think This Book is About You”
We all have a problem with pride.
Our pride, the pride of others, and those we will interact with in the future.
The biggest issue with pride is that we need to figure out how it's showing up or whether it's even causing issues.
The answer to pride is personal and must be done by each person every day, all day.
A few years ago, I had this revelation as I was dealing with my pride and how my insecurity accentuated it.
“Pride is like salt.? Too much will make your mouth dry and ruin the flavor of all you do.? Too little, and everything is bland and lifeless.? It takes just the right amount.”
Take pride in your work, but not so much that you are arrogant and conceited and think it's all you.
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Take pride in your appearance, but not so much that you think you're better than others.
Ancient Wisdom
The great philosophers had much to say about pride.? Solomon reflected on the dangers of pride in his book Proverbs; "When pride comes, then comes shame.”.? Marcus Aurelius stated, “Receive without pride, let go without attachment.”? Confucius shared, "The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”
Pride has been the downfall of many.? It has closed their eyes to realities and is fed by their desire to cover their shortcomings and vulnerabilities.
We gain true strength when we recognize pride is and will be our undoing.
But how do we get there?
Pride and arrogance are directly tied to our fears and insecurities, and pride is one of the armors used to protect our inner selves.
Recognizing our fears and insecurities is the first step to dealing with our pride. Then, we must own that our pride shows up to others and can cause conflict, pain, and hardships in our relationships. Lastly, as my guest this week, Chad Veach, directs, we must “go low.” In other words, we must change our mindsets and beliefs to create different actions and interactions with others.