Pride is poison…

Pride is not self respect, nor is it a source of self esteem. Pride, is the most deadly of the 7 Deadly Sins because it’s poisonous. Study history, don’t believe me. Study the Greek tragedies. Study the scriptures. Study American history. Study the history of England and of France. Study Rome and study Russia. Study Enron. Study Worldcom. Study CompuServe and,say it isn’t so, study your company – you will see it. And, poison spreads once it enters your system. We tend to see it spread over there; in here, not so much. Yikes…

Pride is poison that does not come with a warning label. Pride sneeks up on us in the form of a fourth drink, a slightly larger bet, and a confident attitude that, ever so slightly, crosses the line.

Think of pride as your poison.

You see, it is easy to see pride as a problem for the Roman Empire. It’s not a stretch to see how pride brought down Enron and other corporations. The real problem, however, is personal. The real poison is the one you are currently sipping on and believing you can handle. The real poison is the one you are flirting with and thinking it’s harmless. The real poison is the one you are kinda enjoying even though you know better. Pride is poison that does not come with a warning label.

And, the real problem is you are mostly blind to your pride. If you are a normal, mature, adult, you have walled yourself off from truth tellers who could illuminate your blindspot, instead of walling yourself off from your pride. You built the wrong wall. You over focus on reputation and kinda forgotten about your character. After all, you say to yourself, “I’m not as bad as my neighbor, my partner, or my damn Dad.” You are building the wrong WALLS.

Build the right wall, my friends. Wall yourself from your pride. Keep yourself in proper perspective regardless your position. Build your humility wall. Pride is poison. This is why, at BTL, we help our clients build strong CORE’s,first. And, once strengthened from within, we help ’em get busy building humility like a virtuous banchee.

Are you building the right kinda walls? Who is helping you build  your humility wall? Tell me more, my friend.

Actually, tell your  truth teller more…