points by BeetleB 3 days ago | 0 comments
It's a certain personality type, and nothing new. I've met people like this my whole life. For them, apologizing runs the risk of signaling weakness (and for sure, there's the other personality type that will take that message from an apology). So you can introspect and acknowledge mistakes you made to yourself, and maybe to some confidantes, but never to others.
[–] kylecazar 3 days ago
[–] 14u2c 3 days ago
> Great men of history had little to no introspection.
These people are completely detached from reality. How do they think we know the thoughts of these so called great men?
[–] fooqux 3 days ago
> How do they think we know the thoughts of these so called great men?
Many have biographies and autobiographies. Is not hard to spot.
[–] 14u2c 3 days ago
Yes, exactly. In other words, they were introspective.
[–] fooqux 3 days ago
Introspection isn't a requirement to write an autobiography, and certainly not a biography. Just because someone can't stop talking about themselves and their accomplishments doesn't necessarily mean they analyze their inner thoughts and feelings for deeper meaning.
[–] cucumber3732842 3 days ago
I would wager that a great many of those people had the introspection to eventually understand where they stood in the world and played the role and probably eventually believed it themselves (because often you must to be successful).
"A great king would not self doubt so I will not self doubt".
[–] BeetleB 3 days ago
He'll say whatever will sell or raise his profile.
His blog in 2007, which people loved:
https://pmarchive.com/guide_to_personal_productivity.html
Search for "Anti-Todo" and read that section. Then tell me he doesn't believe in some introspection.
[–] 10111001 3 days ago
> It's a certain personality type, and nothing new. I've met people like this my whole life. For them, apologizing runs the risk of signaling weakness (and for sure, there's the other personality type that will take that message from an apology). So you can introspect and acknowledge mistakes you made to yourself, and maybe to some confidantes, but never to others.
Is that type narcissism?
[–] debo_ 3 days ago
I don't think we need a diagnosis for "asshole"
[–] cassepipe 2 days ago
We do. Asshole is more subjective and narcissism is an attempt at describing some specific type of assholeness that you know exist in various individuals and that you can spot by checking if it matches a few characteristics. You can now better spot them and avoid them if you want or look for knowledge about how to handle this type of person if you have to.
[–] xtiansimon 3 days ago
> “I've met people like this my whole life.”
Yeah. Marines
https://www.businessinsider.com/marc-andreessen-zero-introsp...