Comments on: Manvotional: False Pride

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 02:47:14 +0000

There is a big difference between pride and self-esteem, one not many people understand. The popular understanding of humility seems to be self-deprecation, which is actually a form of pride! The world will respect, even salute a man who knows who he is and can’t be shaken by anyone else’s opinion, and doesn’t need to tell the rest of the world.

I may not like my situation, and I’m not perfect, but I sure do like who I am. I am a MAN, others’ opinions be damned!

By: Moldy

Moldy — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 05:12:54 +0000

Wow…I am not a very proud person. Of course I realize how stupid and hypocritical that might sounds. I don’t boast of myself openly but I see myself in a lot of what is illustrated and feel I am guilty of pride in many other more subtle ways and am glad to have read this and realize.

By: Lassiter

Lassiter — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:38:22 +0000

Humility is the cornerstone of Respect…Great read

By: Easton

Easton — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 17:17:21 +0000

This article and this website are things that I hope to remember my entire life. My boys will read them to grow, and my little girls so they know the type of man they should look for. Thank you for this and every article.

By: Brian

Brian — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 00:58:54 +0000

Great article.

I wonder….Once you have lost the respect of others, (by eating dirt), is there any way to bounce back from that. That’s a long row to hoe. Once people have seen that they can make a fool out of you once, twice, or multiple times, it would be hard to pass yourself off as a meek and humble gentleman. Perhaps not impossible. For some, the possiblity of removing yourself from those that have lost respect for you may seem like a better solution than putting the work in to redeem yourself. What do you all think? Flee or face it? How would you go about redeeming yourself?

By: Cucch

Cucch — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 17:58:53 +0000

If we lived up to half of what we said or thought about ourselves the world would be filled with a lot more useful men. This reminds me of a short talk on TED by Derek Sivers on keeping your goals to yourself. Good article

By: Aaron

Aaron — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 23:05:23 +0000

They made mention of this book in an article sometime last summer and I found a copy of the book in a thrift/antique store a few days later. One of the best books I’ve read in a while.

By: Nate Desmond

Nate Desmond — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:54:01 +0000

This is high on my list of favorite AoM articles. Thank you!

By: Phil

Phil — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:47:12 +0000

Short story:

A man was once given an award for being humble.
It was taken away from him because he wore it in public.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:39:50 +0000

Great! I have experienced a similar “coming to Truth” concerning false pride. Painful but powerful lesson, but then aren’t the most powerful lessons all painful? Keep up the good work! Much appreciated!