I used to be a know-it-all. Later, I learned that I didn't know it all. Now I get a kick out of showing know-it-alls that they didn't know as much as they thought they did.
2006-06-28 01:46:51 · 9 answers · asked by Mr. Peachy® 7 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Read Plato's dialogues of Socrates. This was his specialty....keep asking questions...make them explain it and they will sound more and more ridiculous.
2006-06-28 01:51:55 · answer #1 · answered by DaddyBoy 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I aim to be compassionate toward all people. I deal with the public a lot in my job and most are very easy to deal with seem to appreciate my help.
A few people try to tell me I'm doing it wrong -- usually someone from another state with different state laws. I try to be patient.
When my patience is tried, I kind of drop into "machine mode," and tend to speak with less emotion, more flatly. Sometimes I just repeat what I said each time they tell my how wrong I am.
I am glad to acknowledge when I am wrong, and that is one reason I find it easy to get along with most people -- they hate coverups (as do I) and appreciate being spoken to truthfully.
It's never my goal to prove that I am smarter than someone, just to be helpful by sharing my area of expertise.
2006-06-28 01:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by Emma Palenque 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A good question..deserves a suitable answer.I used to be something ,sort of know-it-all,and more I thought of my rightuousness,more I frustrated myself and experienced the negative reaction from the others.Right now I am only enough smart..With those around me posing like know-it-all I get rid of them so simply,showing my indifference.
2006-06-28 01:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by sunflower 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that the best method is to prove them wrong. But then again, some know-it-alls are incurable and they will still manage to convince themselves that they are right no matter what.
2006-06-28 02:38:50 · answer #4 · answered by tangerine 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just let them say what they are going to to say and get it over, but it usually goes in one ear and out the other.
2006-06-28 01:51:50 · answer #5 · answered by dragonchopper 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just listen to what they have to say and then go and do as you want to do , there not doing you any harm and it makes them feel good, but they may know a lot more than you think they do.
2006-06-28 02:10:42 · answer #6 · answered by zest for life 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your still a know it all but on a different aspect. Shut up.
2006-06-28 01:51:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I just ignore them. Arguing is exhausting.
2006-06-28 01:50:43 · answer #8 · answered by evillyn 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u smack them and walk away from them, saying.... ur just a stuck up know it all, who should onlky talk to stuck-up know it alls, not me
2006-06-28 01:53:42 · answer #9 · answered by streetsoccer9594 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋