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Wedge Salads: How to Penetrate the Shield of Arrogance
I suffered from excessive self-esteem.
Pride and Arrogance, the Price for Being Gifted
Some would contend that I still do.
I won’t debate that one, but I can share how my wife completely and utterly defeated me in a contest of intellect and emotional resolve.
I humbly acknowledge complete defeat at the hands of a master.
She knows what is best in life.
Despite my lofty self-evaluation, my wife found a way to penetrate my delusions and get helpful information to me.
Both sides of this little interaction are aptly captured in Season 2, episode 16 of Modern Family.
This upset my wife for years.
Because I believed I was so much smarter than everyone else, no one could tell me anything. I always knew best, particularly when I didn’t.
