Sometimes, we get so infatuated with our own ideas or wanted way of doing things, that we strongly resent any suggestion that some other way might be better or equally acceptable. Perhaps at work you have gone to a lot of effort to prepare a proposal but your ideas are rejected. The ego-bounded individual will get upset over such treatment. But that isn’t the right attitude. Do not be the type of person who is irrationally attached to his own idea-it’s his “baby” and you had better use it or else! This is emotional blindness; stubbornly clinging to an idea just because it is “ours” prevents us from recognizing opportunities to expand our perception and understanding.
Intuition ~ Daya Mata
The thought-infatuation described by Daya Mata occurs pretty frequently with academic figures. They cling so much to their own ideas to lose objectivity and quarrel with whomsoever else objects to them. That's a camp with so many large egos...
