Being Right
Being right is expensive - and most of us can't afford it!
Have you ever noticed how exhausting it is to be right all the time? The constant vigilance required to monitor other people's mistakes, the mental energy spent crafting the perfect comeback, the emotional investment in proving your point.
We're addicted to being right because it feels so good in the moment. That little hit of superiority when someone admits we were correct. The satisfaction of saying "I told you so." But this addiction is costing us more than we realise.
Being right is one of the most expensive habits we can have because it requires us to make other people wrong. And when we make people wrong, we damage relationships, create defensiveness, and shut down possibility.
Here's what the obsession with being right really costs:
It kills curiosity. When you're focused on proving you're right, you stop learning. You become more interested in defending your position than discovering new information that might change your perspective.
It damages relationships. Nobody likes being around someone who always needs to be right. It creates a dynamic where others feel judged, diminished, or defensive. People start avoiding conversations with you.
It limits growth. Being wrong is often how we learn and expand. When you can't tolerate being incorrect, you avoid situations where you might fail or look foolish - which are exactly the situations that help you grow.
It creates rigidity. The need to be right makes you inflexible. You become attached to your opinions rather than holding them lightly. This rigidity limits your ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances.
It wastes precious energy. Think about how much mental and emotional energy you spend defending your rightness. What could you create or contribute if that energy was redirected toward something positive?
The most interesting and influential people I know are comfortable being wrong. They see mistakes as information rather than threats to their identity. They ask questions instead of making statements. They listen to understand rather than to rebut.
This doesn't mean becoming wishy-washy or abandoning your values. It means holding your opinions with an open hand rather than a clenched fist.
What if you spent less energy being right and more energy being curious? What relationships might improve if you cared less about winning arguments and more about understanding perspectives?
This week, try replacing "I'm right" with "That's interesting - tell me more." Notice how different conversations become when you're not invested in being correct.
What would change in your life if you gave up the expensive habit of needing to be right?
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