Posts Tagged ‘arrogance’

Incompetence, Arrogance and Power – Dangerous Mix

Monday, April 6th, 2020

 

There are few things more dangerous than a mixture of incompetence, arrogance and power.

— Bob Herbert

There are few things more dangerous than a mixture of incompetence, arrogance and power. www.walled-in.berlin.com

There are few things more dangerous than a mixture of incompetence, arrogance and power. www.walled-in.berlin.com

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

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Successful political career assured

Thursday, August 2nd, 2018

He knows nothing and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

–George Bernard Shaw (in Major Barbara)

He knows nothing and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. www.walled-in-berlin.com

He knows nothing and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

 

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Arrogance can be a cover-up

Thursday, April 28th, 2016

Arrogance is often the camouflage of insecurity.

–Tim Fargo

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Confidence versus arrogance

Thursday, April 21st, 2016

Confidence is understanding your strengths. Arrogance is ignoring your weaknesses.

— Anonymous

Confidence is knowing your strength. Arrogance is knowing your weakness. Photo © J. Elke Ertle, walled-in-berlin.com

Confidence is understanding your strengths. Arrogance is ignoring your weaknesses. Photo © J. Elke Ertle, walled-in-berlin.com

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic or current events, people, places or food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

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Do you have a superiority complex?

Thursday, February 4th, 2016

It is common knowledge among psychologists that most of us underrate ourselves, short-change ourselves, sell ourselves short. Actually, there is no such thing as a superiority complex. People who seem to have one are actually suffering from feelings of inferiority; their “superior” self is a fiction, a cover-up, to hide from themselves and others their deep-down feelings of inferiority and insecurity.

–Maxwell Maltz

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com

 

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Ignorant father learns a lot

Thursday, October 22nd, 2015

When I was a boy of 14, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be 21, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

–Mark Twain

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on my home page and feel free to follow my blog about anything German: historic and current events, people, places and food.

Walled-In is my story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War. Juxtaposing the events that engulfed Berlin during the Berlin Blockade, the Berlin Airlift, the Berlin Wall and Kennedy’s Berlin visit with the struggle against my equally insurmountable parental walls, Walled-In is about freedom vs. conformity, conflict vs. harmony, domination vs. submission, loyalty vs. betrayal.

 

 

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Arrogance versus Humility

Monday, September 15th, 2014

If arrogance is the heady wine of youth, then humility must be its eternal hangover.

–Helen Van Slyke

 

For a sneak peek at the first 20+ pages of my memoir, Walled-In: A West Berlin Girl’s Journey to Freedom, click “Download a free excerpt” on the home page of http://www.walled-in-berlin.com. Walled-In is a story of growing up in Berlin during the Cold War.

 

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