To me , this shows how big their egos are . They come up with a policy . Turns out to be shit . Now people start writing stuff and criticizing them . A humble person might listen to those criticisms , think about them and maybe try and learn something . They might even reconsider the original policy as a mistake and then try a different approach . come up with a new policy that works better . A proud person reacts in a completely different way . They associate their policy with their own ego . They tend to see any criticism of their policy as a personal attack . Instead of listening and learning something , they attack the message and the messenger . and keep right on going with the policies instead of changing them . The second example shows you what kind of leadership the EU has right now . This is the kind of leadership that causes more problems than it solves .