When you are wrong.....?

Question:Are you humbled and see it as a learning experience, or are you prideful and get defensive and continue to deny you were wrong?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Are you humbled and see it as a learning experience, or are you prideful and get defensive and continue to deny you were wrong?

hmmm - if it ever happens I'll let you know. ;)

Generally, before I wax eloquent on a given subject, I have already studied and pondered on the subject. When I have inaccurate information, I am humbled & contrite and go back to educating myself and pondering.

Depends on what I am wrong about. Sometimes I am able to look at it as a learning experience but to my shame, sometimes I get defensive. However I can honestly, truthfully say that once I KNOW I am wrong, I don't continue to defend my wrong answer.

If I'm wrong, I'll 'fess up and admit it. What else can a guy do? Anything else would be chickensh*t.

why is wrong wrong?

I really try to let it be a learning experience .. and to be humble.

I think everyone's opinion is important.

There are no right and wrong answers. Only out of shape people who get bent further out of shape when you don't agree with them.

I admit i was wrong when it is proven i am wrong.Claiming that my assumption is wrong without any evidence is arrogance and stupidity.

What is wrong? Lack of information allowing you to be right? What is right? The best solution of all alternatives creating the least harm or having the least negative affect on others? So is everything that simple... black and white yes and no? Perhaps the wrong answer is the right answer depending on who you are. What if you know the right answer but you say the wrong answer so as not to offend anyone? Is that not the right answer?

The right answer is the one that you can live with.

There are eight ways to go by this, by the Freudian view:

Rationalization - Example; You will say that the questions did not make sense on a test. As opposed to saying you did not study.

Repression - Pushes some thoughts, that might be to much to handle, down into our subconscious mind.

Denial - You refuse to accept the facts.

Projection - placing your anxiety's and thoughts on other people.(like you may be angry though You would say someone else is angry)Example;I'm not angry, Your angry!

Reaction formation - Replacing an unacceptable feeling with an opposite one.

Regression - going back to a less mature pattern of behavior...you might tantrum or cry loudly.

Displacement - you cannot take out your angry on the higher power so you take it out on someone who is less powerful. Example;Widow and her cats.

Sublimation - redirecting an unacceptable desire to a more sociable one. Example; You might be angry at your friend so instead of yelling at him/her you would play soccer extra hard.

When I am wrong I am humbled & see it as a learning experience. If I am wrong I will willingly admit to it.

Humility is to remain teachable, and now know I do not know all, nor will I ever.I try to tread lightly, even when I know or feel I am right, I shall agree to dis agree and let it go. I do not like to spar with others, especially when their mind is closed any way. I try to accept all of life as a learning and RELEARNING
experience, I can now laugh at my self when I am wrong, and that sure breaks the ice with others.

Usually... unless the right party gets nasty about it, rubs it in my face.

Yeah, you were right, but that doesn't make it ok to be a jerk about it...

Making mistakes is one of the ways we learn and we learn more by being humbles by the experience and taking full responsibility for it.

I'm shamed to say I tend to get defensive. but when the person's not around, I started to feel guilty and learn from it.