Okay, I admit it. Ego is real. Somebody compliments us, and we puff up with pride. Or we see our kid making a touchdown and feel like, “Hey-hey! What a chip off the old block!” Or we get a raise at work and enjoy the pleasurable sensation of knowing we’re better than those who were passed over.
When these things happen, we experience a sudden ballooning of narcissism, usually accompanied by a sense of grandiosity, specialness, and justific...
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