Three Kinds of Cocky People
Many people these days love to share their life experiences through personal conversations and social media, thus, they both inspire and annoy people at the same time. Though it may seem inspirational to relate to realistic life experiences heard from different medium of discussions, it sometimes contributes to the major irks of the society because of the arrogant way of its delivery, and it happens to be a source of criticism to the vast number of judgmental people all over the world. There are three kinds of cocky people that disturb the silence of a humble atmosphere.
THE KNOW-IT-ALL
It appears to be useful to foster others with what you know about an event or a thing, especially if you are 100% concise of your knowledge about it; however, it is sometimes exasperating to listen to someone who acts as if he is certainly abreast of the topic and sounds as if he is full of pride about the witty conversation, even though some of the details being shared seems to be bogus.
For instance, one of the frustrating point of being a nurse is when you question yourself, including the medical judgment learned from school, experiences, and trainings, when a random guy asks about the reason behind his chest pain, and suddenly talks about myocardial infarction, congenital heart diseases, and costochondritis accompanied by other medical terms; then correlate it to the corresponding manifestations he feels with a precise description of a stabbing pain radiating to the left shoulder blade and extending to the left upper extremity. Moreover, he even associates it to his knowledge regarding these types of conditions because accordingly, he learned it from his friends and relatives who are medically inclined in a “I know what you know” -kind of way.
When a person is sensitive to the behavior of other people, it can be easily observed if one is just scared and curious about his medical condition or one is just being a know-it-all person. It is a nurse’s intuition to psychologically peruse one’s demeanor and determine their main purpose for their actions. It is disturbing to deal with these kinds of people especially if one insists that he knows everything you know.
Ikaw na. Ikaw na ang magaling.
THE EGOCENTRIC
This is simply the “It’s all about me, me, me, me” and “me, myself, and I” phrases, which definitely define the second type of cockiness. There are some people who seem so in-love with themselves and arrogantly egoistic about themselves like how Justin Bieber described it in one of his famous songs entitled, “Love Yourself.”
You think you broke my heart, oh, girl for goodness’ sake.
You think I’m crying on my own. Well, I ain’t.
With this, one thinks that everybody loves them, even though they don’t; that everybody admires them, but they are actually despised. Furthermore, this type of cockiness only brags all the positive things about themselves just to lift their needy ego. An example of how to boost one’s ego is to pretend that you are happy and contented with your life, yet, you are just filling in the empty portions of your self-esteem.
To exemplify, one of the narking segment when having a full conversation with a group of people at any circumstances is the existence of one out of ten individuals who lifts themselves higher than the other storytellers just to unravel their complicated life and place themselves on the peak of the conversation, hence, making them the hero or the star of the discussion, even though sometimes, their stories are ambiguously non-fictional. It may also correspond to the characteristics of a narcissistic-histrionic individual who is satisfied with the mere essence of his own delusions of grandeur. Therefore, gloriously adoring himself just to upheave his ego in a vauntful way results to the society’s annoyance.
THE SHOWY LIFE
One way to share one’s personal status is using the state-of-the-art trends, such as the famous social media named Facebook, which consists of billions of users, and announce the personal happenings to everybody by uploading a chosen photo with a short meaningful caption. Nevertheless, it somewhat delivers a misleading message to other people especially if the posted status seems to brag one’s fancy life. It is natural for people to formulate personal opinions regarding on what is seen on Facebook or other social media accounts, and develop a profound judgment about the absolute purpose of the uploader. There are people who post to impress, not to express.
Various people nowadays post their personal belongings to boast that they own it; for example, someone shared a personal photo with a caption “I’m not a photographer, but I’m a DSLR camera owner”, which seems to be a bragging statement about one’s capability to afford such an expensive camera. Albeit it may possibly be an interpretation of one’s gratitude about being part of a well-provided family that affords many costly things, majority of the readers may also perceive the same way that I do.
Yes, it is wrong to judge other people about their method of expressions, nonetheless, it is still significant to be prudent in terms of chiding about what is shared to other people and vice versa, and it is still relevant to first probe what to post on public social accounts.
In general, just remember the famous phrase to prevent the occurrence of being judged as an annoying cocky person.
Sometimes, it is not what you say… It is how you say it.
