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Being called stubborn.
Am I the only one who thinks that being called stubborn is useless? The word is stupid anyway. If someone calls you stubborn because you're not agreeing or changing your view, aren't they doing the exact same by disagreeing with you and calling you stubborn? If someone calls someone stubborn, aren't they most likely equally stubborn?
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In a way, the answer to your last question is 'yes'. It's the old attitude vs. perception problem. That is "I am determined and committed....you are stubborn". Like a double-edged sword, it cuts both ways. So we need another way to settle things. Clearly if you persist with an out-moded, flawed and demonstrably ineffective idea or act, purely because it is your own, it is stubborn. The real problem is recognising when this is the case, and admitting it. The only workable solution is negotiation and compromise in many cases. A couple of other reference points might be asking yourself 'if everyone followed my lead and took this as a code or rule, would it be generally a good thing, or a bad thing?' And secondly, 'how robust is my argument? How many challenges could it fight off?' Clearly if the answers are 'bad' and 'it would collapse at the first real challenge' then you must be stubborn for defending it. Positive answers? Defend it, certainly.
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