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No. 3104
I don't know, you seem pretty self-aware... self-aware enough to realize your arrogance is a problem...
I guess just keep doing what you're doing: catch yourself any time you find yourself making assumptions based on arrogance and re-think whatever just popped into your head. Catch yourself in these patterns and re-evaluate as much as you can, with the goal of making it a habit to not just assume you're the best.
I've found in life that the people who are the most arrogant are the ones who haven't actually accomplished much or taken many risks, but have stayed safe and isolated. Branch out, start really putting yourself out there and taking risks, and pretty soon you'll encounter people much better than you, which is a humbling experience.
As an example: I was always praised for being a talented artist, people would always ask me to draw things for them, on school projects I was always the visual art guy. No training, nothing. Then as an adult I started getting hired for freelance illustration projects - real illustrating. I did alright, no outright failures or anything, but goddamn did I realize all the limitations, bad habits, and skill gaps I had, especially with figure drawing, shadows, and colour palettes. I really had to push myself to my absolute limit and bust my ass to put out work that barely scraped above "pretty good amateur."
So whatever you think makes you so great, put it out there into the world, start taking risks, start holding it up to the objective scrutiny of outsiders, and find things that will push those skills or qualities of yours to the limit. You will soon find that your supposed greatness has a ceiling, and there are tons of people floating waaaay above you, way better than you are at virtually everything you do.
Everyone knows that guy who is "the guitar guy." He's douchey, he brings his guitar to house parties, maybe he even plays live. He thinks he's great. But if he were to actually take a proper look at himself, he'd realize he has no idea what key he's in - he doesn't know any actual music theory, he only knows how to play certain songs. "Mind if I join you? What key are you in?" "I dunno, man, do you know how to play Helpless?" He has no ability to improvise, only to memorize chords. And those "gigs" he does? Playing for free at a coffee shop or playing covers at an open mic night doesn't really count as a gig. If he actually stepped out into the music scene he'd find he's not only not very skilled, his limited repertoire of covers makes him seem pretty unimaginative and boring too.
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