why most people are afraid to admit their mistakes?

I used to be that kind of person...until I found out that being one might mean losing people who are dear to me. I used to argue with my hubby before on petty things that gave spark to bigger fights. I always won the word war. But one day...i just woke up from a nightmare, realizing that if I don't swallow my pride sometimes, I may end up losing him one day. Now, I already learned to apologize not only to him but also to other people, if I know I am the one at fault. For one person whom i revere taught me this lesson: Accepting defeat is not a weak gesture...but rather a sign of greatness.

it's human pride, i guess. sometimes, we feel that we are the best at something. so the realization that we are wrong and that somebody else is better than us is often unacceptable.

People are afraid of accepting their mistakes because they know they are selfish, meglomaniac and down right suffering from superiority complex. They cant face their own ego to get bruised.

People are afraid to admit their mistakes because of there huge ego and pride, they thought by accepting mistakes they will be less of a person. They also think that people will judge them because they had admit their mistakes.

Because, one's you made a mistake critisicm will be there, and sometimes you can't accept that.

it is easy to make mistakes when you have lost your focus on the task on hand.it is okay to make mistakes,but you need to admit when you make them.many workers will not do that,but will,instead,cover them up or blame them on somebody else.usually,they do this for one or more of these three reasons---laziness,pride,and fear.

It is a human psycology u know,he feels that he will be rebuked for the mistake he has done.The key here is not to repeat the mistake and apologize if that mistake has hurt somebody.

Because of PRIDE.We have this ego we want to feed that we fail to see our faults.

They are worried how people or their best friends and family will think about them. They are afraid of criticism. And how people will accept them in the community again.

It is because they are loosers. First proof they give by doing a mistake and second proof they give by not accepting their mistake. If you have done any mistake then atleast have the guts to face it and appologise it for that mistake.

Most of the time we are afraid to admit mistakes because we dont want to be blame or called bad.And even idiot in doing such things.People got pride too that we even hard for us to ask forgiveness and admit that we sometimes get mistakes un intentionally!

the reason is just that they are not ready to face the world, when it looks at them with a look of accusion. when a person admits his mistakes, it sometimes creates a bad impression over him. but when people come to know abt it and also know that he has tried to hide it from them, it is even worse.

coz it is human instinct to defend himself

if agree mistake u r going to be afool in every one heart

I admit all misteaks and I kind of admit misdeeds too but I dont like to be alone on the chopping block

well i guess pride has something todo with it. plus the fact that admiting once fault may lower his self esteem. this is one of the reality, almost most people find it hard to admit cause these may cause them courage and superiority.

there's a lot of that in this world. I have also meet a lot of them. Its their pride and ego thing that make them not accept mistake. They feel that they are perfect and they knows everything. They are afraid of failures and escape from the fact the people are not perfect at all times. We have to recognize mistake because through it we learn and become a better person.

basically pride. they kept on reasoning or justifying their acts but not the mistakes. also at times its a sign of immaturity in life. they must realize that to admit a mistake will notv demoralise a person but It will slowly resolve the mistake, for once admitted you can start resolving things one step at a time. ACCEPTANCE, HUMBLENESS and LOVING the person who critize you or you've hurt more will make life easier and you'll learn to appreciate everything in your surroundings people around you, the material things and most of all your relationship once PRIDE is out of picture