One of the mortal sins, pride, has always aroused the keen interest of philosophers and theologians. Often, it turns out to be a trap for people who achieve much in life and succeed in various fields. If you find this flaw in your character and want to overcome pride, you have taken the first step in the right direction.
Instruction manual
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Analyze your behavior and self-esteem. Psychologists believe that pride is a deepened self-esteem, exorbitant pride, narcissism, and a desire to always be the first and always in everything. A person who thinks only of his superiority cannot improve and develop. His personal growth is suspended, since the most important is the humiliation of another for the purpose of self-affirmation. If you feel that thoughts about your own irresistibility and greatness are spinning in your head, it may be worth turning to a psychologist. It will help to deal with the origins of such self-esteem and, most likely, you will understand that deep down you underestimate yourself and that all your actions are aimed at self-conviction that everything goes as it should in life.
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Accept the world in its diversity. Travelers learn to accept other people, other cultural traditions and customs, because otherwise their movement around the globe does not matter. Embark on a journey: be prepared for the fact that the lifestyle of people in another country will shock and amaze you. As soon as you want to sneak about a hijab or fried caterpillars on a plate, think that you are as strange a thing to Aboriginal people as they are to you. One must learn to accept other people as they are. This is important in everyday life: to be able to speak on equal terms - without humiliating and not towering - with shop sellers, with tramps, with superiors and with rivals.
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Help your neighbor. The church and charitable organizations hold many actions to help those in need. Choose something for yourself: you can participate in the distribution of food to poor people, help in raising funds and things for children with disabilities, or develop your own project to help victims of fires. The main thing is to do it with a pure heart, thereby you will help yourself, because, in fact, you are no different from those whom you help.
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Try to achieve something in a new area. Try to do something in an area that has never been a priority area of your interests: try to sew bright organza pillowcases for the living room, take part in the contest for the best wedding dance or paint in oil for your living room. You need to allow yourself to lose - this will be your victory. In any case, it is worth asking advice from the masters of this matter, talking with people who are trying to do the same. So you will gain new friends and, possibly, having overcome all difficulties, you will succeed in a new area.
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If you want to help people, you need to do it from a pure heart, not expecting anything in return. Give unselfishly. So you gain much more: awareness of your involvement in a good cause helps you live, look at things in a new way.
Useful advice
Love yourself: often pride hides self-dissatisfaction and painful demeaning. This is the reason for the fierce criticism of other people. Accept yourself as you are.