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Self-awareness is the ability to take an honest look at your life without any attachment to it being right or wrong, good or bad.

I think a lot of self-importance is a product of fear. And fear, living in sort of an un-self-examined fear-based life, tends to lead to narcissism and self-importance.

In an individualistic culture, the narcissist is God's gift to the world. In a collectivist society, the narcissist is God's gift to the collective.

I don't know if it's naivete or just narcissism, but I start out with this notion that I can do anything. It's not until I get into it that I realize what I've thrown myself into, and then I will do anything not to humiliate myself. And that, I think, is the secret to my success.

One thing a narcissist doesn't like is to look in a mirror that is in any way genuinely reflective of what's on the other side of it.

Is it possible to have negative self-awareness?

I think self-knowledge is the rarest trait in a human being.

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

Do we not realize that self respect comes with self reliance?