UNDERSTANDING THE NEED TO BE RIGHT
WHEN IT IS ACCEPTABLE AND WHEN IT IS NOT
“I told you so. I was right all along.”
“I am older, and I am always right.”
“If you just listened to me, you would not have gone wrong.”
“Just follow what I tell you because I am always right.”
The above remarks or statements must sound familiar to those who believe they cannot be wrong in anything unless someone has proven them wrong.
In this digital age, we encounter so much information and opinions where reactions and responses vary for every individual because of beliefs and perceptions.
However, the need to be right is not always as wrong as everyone would think as it becomes such without arguments and explanations for these cases and reasons: when the safety of a person or a group of individuals is at stake and when the well-being of a person or a group of people is compromised.
THE NEED TO BE RIGHT CAN ALSO HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT AS IT AFFECTS THE FOLLOWING:
RELATIONSHIPS
Dealing with someone with this kind of addiction to be right all the time dissolves a relationship as the other suffers from being a victim instead of being a partner.
A relationship is a partnership where both parties have a say in…
