Gail Bradbrook

We have a system that is deeply narcissistic - the consumer sort of capitalist culture. It's all about me and now and what do I need that just makes you feel a bit better with all the stress. But in other healthy cultures, they have a real sense of ancestor and a sense of the next seven generations.

British Activist

James Righton

I'm less self-consumed, less narcissistic, I'm more selfless, more considerate. I've just grown up. It's a slow growth, because I was in a band for ten years. I was given the card to be able to live an adolescent life forever. You're celebrated, the more of a child you are.

English Musician

Jeffrey Kluger

It's a deep and all but certain truth about narcissistic personalities that to meet them is to love them, but to know them well is to find them unbearable. Confidence quickly curdles into arrogance; smarts turn to smugness, charm turns to smarm.

American Writer

Cindy Sherman

People assume that a self-portrait is narcissistic and you're trying to reveal something about yourself: fantasies or autobiographical information. In fact, none of my work is about me or my private life.

American Photographer

Germaine Greer

The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize that we are the same the whole world over.

Australian Activist

Brene Brown

I hesitate to use a pathologizing label, but underneath the so-called narcissistic personality is definitely shame and the paralyzing fear of being ordinary.

American Author

Hari Kunzru

I can see a version of my life where it all becomes meaningless. On a good day, writing seems noble. Other times, it's narcissistic and pointless.

British Novelist

Jodhi May

You don't want to end up living a horribly narcissistic life, do you? And everything about fame and celebrity sort of suggests that kind of fate.

English Actress

James Woods

I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.

American Actor

Lorraine Bracco

I don't think I am narcissistic. I think I have low self-esteem.

American Actress

Refers to someone with an inflated sense of self-worth, often ignoring the feelings of others.

Excessive Pride

Involves constant self-admiration and seeking attention to reinforce one's own self-perception.

Obsessive Self-Regard

Narcissistic people often react negatively and defensively to criticism or perceived slights.

Sensitive to Criticism

It's not just about vanity; it relates to a deeper psychological issue of self-perception and worth.

Beyond Vanity

People with narcissistic traits often have difficulty showing empathy or understanding others' feelings.

Empathy Lacking

Narcissistic individuals may use manipulation to maintain their self-image and control over others.

Manipulative Behavior

 following as did we in doing the study okay got it I don't want to talk Stage one that's like you know life sucks who wants to talk that way I don't want to talk like they do with the particular DMV that's close to where Dave lives I really don't want it to say I'm great because that kind of sounds narcissistic and then I won't have any friends you

Tribal leadership -...

 happen to other people not to themselves and finally overconfidence also fosters and promotes a narcissistic culture a narcissistic society where we commonly mistake confidence by competence which is why in any domain or profession of expertise there are so many charlatans

Rethink how you think...

 situations where we might be worried about being too humble like in a job interview we also council leaders not to be too humble but what is it data actually show let's compare humble leaders with narcissistic leaders we've done this in

The best teams have this...

 that I went from this kind of narcissistic self-focus to altruistic joy, to feeling good for the people that were being helped. I think that's a motivator. But this distinction between focusing on ourselves and focusing on others

Daniel Goleman: Why...

 because millienials of color, they make up a fair chunk of the US and the world population. Now when we talk about millennials, a group that is often labeled as entitled, lazy, overeducated, noncommittal and narcissistic,

The story we tell about...

 to financial assets and living arrangements. Cults also demand obedience to human leaders who tend to be highly persuasive people with authoritarian and narcissistic streaks motivated by money, sex, power, or all three.

Why do people join...

 and to cause the outside world to treat such people more gently and more kindly. Those are two totally separate enterprises, but progress in each sphere reverberates in the other. Identity politics can be narcissistic.

How the worst moments in...

 Psychologists recognize two forms of narcissism as a personality grandiose and vulnerable narcissism. There's also narcissistic personality disorder, a more extreme form, which we'll return to shortly.

The psychology of...

 He wears three-piece suits; and he has a very, very small, important mustache; and he is domineering and narcissistic and driven and has an extraordinary ego;

Malcolm Gladwell: The...

 expeditions but the original purpose is typically fairly narcissistic it's