In my younger, less secure days, I was more concerned with making sure everyone knew I was right than if I actually was.

Thankfully, I grew out of that and morphed into something better.
The Navy had everything to do with that.

I'm more concerned about getting it right than being right.

Vash...that is just the engineer in you.

Good question.

I spent most of my life going for option B.
But later, I have seen that option as the classic definition of bullying.
Sorry.

Bill K

Enough to know I am right. Don't care if they know, they will find out soon enough.

Fixed it for you

I'd rather think of myself as often in error but never in doubt.

Somehow everyone that posts in PARF are always right.

or liberal left?

Yeah, I don't think that tabs deserved that. He puts his opinion and predictions out there boldly. I've challenged him on several topics. He's typically thoughtful in his retorts. ..and adds some spice for U boyz. Flavoring is good.

Personally I like the people who seek to teach.

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I respectfully disagree. Although I agree with Tabdula's fiscal conservatism, I have challenged him as to why he continually harps on impending doom where there is no way out. He has admitted he likes saying "I told you so".

Would you continually remind someone that they have an incurable disease and are going to die a painful death in the near future with no hope of a cure? That would be cruel. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and say he is narcissistic rather than sadistic.

I am wide open to learning and improving. As a salesman of 40+ years I am still honing my skills. Sometimes, from relatively new people. The difference is there has to be some possible benefit to the instruction other than 'I told you so'.

I like to think I’m right, but have been proven wrong many times. If I am right, I don’t belabor the point if someone disagrees. I have more important things to do.

^ agreed

I’m rarely right. That’s a construct. I don’t waste my energy anymore trying to prove anyone else is wrong...

When younger, being right was very important. But then I was far more insecure and self righteous and being right helped shore up that insecurity. As I have grown older, I have found that it is far less important except when it comes to perceived matters of life and death.

Sometimes letting the other person be right, no matter how wrong they are, rather than challenging them helps preserve relationships. Just fight the big stuff because in the final analysis, in 100 years when we are dead none of it will have mattered anyway.

Tombstone: He was always right and he was always an a-hole.

they can be wrong all they want if it doesn't affect me (being right and) doing whatever it is I'm trying to do efficiently

The older I get, the less I care about being right.

Being right and making others know can have the opposite effect you were hoping for.

true, but it doesn't help anybody to not point out mistakes about to happen
since well, the mistakes will happen and then you can't say , told you so , now you can clean it up yourself.

if you didn't point it out.. you might end up having to clean it up...

Like many, I was young I focused on telling everyone I was "Right".
Now I focus on making sure I am right.

They don't call me good for nothing.

Being right matters a lot if you are designing aircraft, bridges, etc.