DO NOT FEED their Ego, my brethren.... as they evade the fear of failure! Facebook has brought Ghanaians both far and near together on an educative platform to deliberate on challenges issues confronting us today. But there appear to be a trend among a couple of Ghanaians living abroad exhibiting a rather bizarre behaviour towards those residing in Ghana, unfortunately. I might be wrong, and stand to be corrected, but my observation in the past few months is that some diaspora-Ghanaians tend to make certain remarks that appears to suggest that those living here in Ghana are empty or less enlightened. They display utter snobbishness, a tendency to discredit other’s opinions, forcefulness aimed at dominating those considered as weaker or less important or credulity. Read through some of their posts and comments on other people walls and will notice traces of arrogance in their responses to some obviously harmless questions from a couple of semi-literates craving for info or a bit of education. Most often they feels because of intellectualism, social status etc., they are the ones who should be heard about what can be done to correct unanswered questions we have On many occasions, I try not to get drawn into it but ask myself why such people suffer from that kind of superiority complex as a result of having their fortune altered and blessed with the privilege of travelling abroad for further studies (MBAs, MSCs MPHILs, PHDs, etc) or escaped the Better Ghana Agenda - hence enjoying a little foreign exposure. For some, if you dont speak the kind of elitist grammar of its purest form, you dont deserve to be among in their league of friends and therefore not worthy of their remarks/comments. Not even a Like for your post! SMDH Lol In psychology it is considered that such attitude is actually a way to hide or compensate for feeling of inferiority. Some people brought up in a background or society where one has to fulfill high expectations and have been able to do so may feel superior towards others Those exhibiting the superiority complex commonly project their feelings of inferiority onto others they perceive as beneath them, possibly for the same reasons they themselves may have been ostracised, i.e. viewing most, possibly all others as stupid or ignorant Be very confident and self-assured around them, and dont allow yourself to be the victim, as you will FEED their disorder, if you do. Just try as much as to avoid – if you can- make your communication as slight channeled as you can Thankfully, God has blessed me with very enlightened but humbled friends like Marricke Kofi Gane, Kabiru Abdulai, Martin Dzediku, Theo Acheampong, Theo Amenyenu, Tish Narh, Kwame Agoogi, Yvonne Thompson, Kojo Barnes, Salem Barry, etc... in the diaspora And on the local front, well traveled, well schooled yet humble and friendly folks like Wilson Arthur, Mordecai Quarshie, Franklin Cudjoe, Kathleen Addy, H.e. Olga Vladimir-Boshovoi Phd, Kwame Tieku, Evron Hughes, etc... Eeeeish, me and my mouth..... Lol
Posted on: Tue, 02 Sep 2014 03:28:55 +0000