「要らないプライドを捨てなさい。」

Throw away your unnecessary pride.

A few years ago, a friend told me that. I don't think that she still remembers that but I do. I kind of agree with her, though.

Pride, while keeps you motivated and feel good about yourself, might hurt you in some situations. Sometimes you don't even realize that it is your pride which hurts you more than any other reasons you struggled to think of.

Following is the list of common unnecessary pride:

• You don't ask questions because you think you know more, or you think you can find out the answers yourself.
• You get upset and angry when you found out that others are doing better than you do, instead of trying to improve yourself.
• You think the world should treat you better because you are just so good. (But you can't really tell how good :P)

More to add but I can't think of them now. Would you please help me out? :)