That got me to thinking that maybe my definition of pride wasn’t very complete. They’re the nice friendly helpful ones at work. You're not cocky and flashy and arrogant and all that." But later that same week, I was reading a book that said the most prideful people aren’t usually the bragging arrogant types. So I told my wife what he said and she said, "Ah, come on. A friend told me the other day that I’m a very prideful man, and I said to myself, "Dude's just jealous".