How to know if one is being arrogant?

1st Paragraph:Sometimes,it’s hard to be certain what I’m capable of when there are some,not many,people telling me I’m deluding myself.The reason not many people are telling me this is because I haven’t told many people what I think I’m capable of achieving.But I never fully reveal what I think,I can’t 100% be honest of what I think because,hey,some thoughts are meant to stay hidden.

2nd P: I always talk back at the teachers,that’s probably why most of them hate me.I almost never let them “get away” with anything,I cannot hold it.

2nd P: I always talk back at the teachers,that’s probably why most of them hate me.I almost never let them “get away” with anything,I cannot hold it.

3rd P:Insecurity is not my problem.But consider this:Does wanting someone to know,to believe,what you’re capable of doing count as a desire to showing off,or is that just the desire to shere what you know with someone.

4th P:Well,I have to admit,I do put some kids down sometimes.But that’s only when one of them asks a really,really stupid question,or is just talking bullsh*t in front of everyone.

4th P again:I don’t feel ,in general,superior to others.I’m superior in some things,they’re superior to me in other things.But here’s the arrogant(maybe) part of me : I consider the things they’re superior to me less important than some of the things I’m superior…The people who usually put other people down to make themselves feel superior are those “Alfa-males”,”Bad motherf*ckers”.

6th P:That’s whay I’m saying .Some people are better in some things and worse in other,and their awsomeness lyies(I can’t spell) in their superiority at some things.

I wanna give you 50likes,great answer.If I could,I would,but I can’t,so I shan’t. :D

Being an alpha male, though, buddy has got nothing to do with putting other people down. An alpha male, is an epitome of masculine maturity. They are leaders not because they dominate, but because they EMPOWER. They are such strong men that people typically insecure, tend to find peace by hating on them because they can’t find anything to poke holes at. Don’t mistake alpha males to be bad :) You’re attain REAL maturity when you don’t need people to know what you’re capable of to feel secure or certain. You’re looking externally for validation, from people who are looking for validation themselves from you! Look internally instead. You do not need to obtain your sense of self from anything external at all. –Andrew

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It doesn’t matter what they say, unless you buy into it. If they say you are deluding yourself, but you don’t feel so, don’t second think about absolutely dismissing their opinion without identifying with it at all.

A person that can only rely on putting the weak and insecure down isn’t an alpha male.If I look internally only for validation I will be doing exactly what an arrogant person does.

Agreed, but that’s a beta male, the opposite of an alpha male. Nope, if you look for validation externally, you’ll be doing what a desperate needy person does. It’s like a dog scrambling for pieces of food. Plus the reason you shouldn’t look for external validation is, the externals keep fluctuating based on a variety of variables. Some person might simply not validate you, because they are insecure - thus, you cannot trust external sources of validation. You have to use common sense here, of course you don’t want to be some delusional weirdo living in dream land but at the same time, you shouldn’t be the dog scrambling for bits and pieces of food. There’s a place called ‘balance’, the extreme of anything is bad. –Andrew