Quote:
|
To address the underlying issue of when SOME do not walk away, no small part of the problem comes from teaching people to have high self-esteem rather than ACCURATE, correct, reasonable, realistic self-esteem. There's a lot that could be said related to that point but it's really not on topic for this thread/board.
|
I disagree, your comments are very spot-on and on-topic.
What I have observed over the course of my life is that people have become less able to accomplish anything of real, lasting value, and therefore invest large amounts of ego and pride in very small things.
The guy who wants to fight you because you "looked at him funny" doesn't have anything going on in his life. The only thing of value he has is a puffed-up sense of his self importance absent any tangible evidence.
The guy walking away could not care less about being "looked at funny" ... because he has too much to lose ... house, car, family, vacations, expensive hobbies, etc.