As business builders,
we all need
confidence.
We need confidence
to sell our products.
We need confidence
to convince people
to partner with us,
to give us business loans,
to take a chance
on a new-to-them business.
But there is a huge difference
between
confidence
and
arrogance.
I think of arrogance
as the assumption
the laws,
whether they are
society’s laws,
the laws of nature,
the laws of human interactions
or something other than that,
don’t apply to us.
Arrogant people
tell themselves
they are exceptions.
Those laws are
for ‘other people.’
They don’t have to pay taxes,
for example,
because they’re smarter than other people
or more worthy
or more powerful.
That arrogance is often
their downfall.
(Do NOT f*ck with
the tax people.
They will mess you up.)
Be confident.
But keep your arrogance
in check.