Having Pride in One's Work

Pride is often seen as a negative trait to have. It makes a person seem cocky and stubborn and often makes them believe they don’t need anyone else’s help or advice. However, having pride in one’s own work is extremely important. As a person, you are the only one you should be trying to impress. No one else’s opinion should matter but your own. Let’s face it, despite the fact that friends and family say they will always be there for you, ultimately only you will be there for yourself when it truly matters. Thus, don’t you think you should do work that you would be proud of? If you poured your heart and soul into a piece of work and took the time to actually do it, it deserves to have your approval. You need to be proud of your work because perhaps no one else will. You can never please everyone and sometimes you won’t please anyone. Therefore, you should only please yourself. It is perfectly ok to be humble sometimes; in fact, humbleness is a virtue. However, pride is a virtue as well. It shows you acknowledge that you took the responsibility to take on a task and you executed that task with as much precision as you could. It is ok to give thanks to those that helped you accomplish your task; however you must remember that they did not complete the task. You did. This is why it is important to have pride in your work, so that you may be proud of yourself.