arrogance

I just watched Chopped on the Food Network and heard a young chef that had just been "chopped" say that the judges "didn't get it".
 
That's a great way of saying that you're better than someone else.

If you've written something that people don't like - it's not your inability to communicate a point...it's that THEY just DON'T GET IT.  If you run a meeting and people don't jump on board with your new idea...it's not that you didn't present a compelling case...it's just that you have to put up with a bunch of idiots that don't get it.
 
They're not as smart as you.  They're not as innovative, as ground breaking, as in touch with what's happening...YOU get it, they don't.  You're told all the time how good you are...so it's not you..it's them...the not-geters.
  
It's obvious.
 
And I wondered if this young chef would use that moment of chopage (it's a word) and grow from it, or just decide that it's them...and keep on doing what she's doing.
 
My own arrogance often keeps me from listening to other opinions.  It keeps me from accepting my flaws.  It keeps me from being more than I am today and it impedes my potential.  Maybe sometimes it's me that doesn't get it?