False Pride

 If you judge yourself or someone else by the results, that is false pride.  For yourself you say, “I should have done better.”  For others you say, “ I could have done better than them.”  It is the negative side of pride.  It separates us from our best self and from others.  Effort is what we might control.  Results are not up to us.  Plus, the prideful person cannot accept results that do not match what they want.  Some very good results are often hidden at first glance.