Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170126040344/@comment-26397825-20170204164000

KNN005 wrote: @Vedrean: If people have given you compliments in the past and you remember and acknowledge those compliments and know that some see you in that light, what the harm and being proud that you're being seen as what you know yourself to be? Again, there's a difference between bragging and acknowledging what others have said that about you. You presented that list of traits as your own opinion, with no input from others. You can be confident in yourself, but when you put forth your own opinion on yourself in such a manner it comes off as bragging and conceited, with an inflated view of yourself. Prefacing with 'others have told me I am creative' makes it much less egotistical.

For example, I have literally had someone tell me I have the patience of a saint. I have taken this to mean I am a patient person, but I never describe myself as a saint despite being told that. I know I can be impatient and abrupt as well, but patience is something I possess.