Living in the Age of Entitlement: Narcissistic Admiration & Rivalry Concept - Do You Wonder if YOU will Ever be Good Enough?

Egotism and high-handed behaviour have been existent in society for quiet a while now and is more so evident with the presence of current US President Donald Trump.

Productive narcissists are people who may be charismatic but lack empathy and conscience.  

 When has there ever been a time when you haven’t spotted one? They are so easy to spot – their great first impressions, which are often charismatic.     

All and many more (who are not named experience success after success; the victories just keep falling. These people have strong senses of self-esteem and lots of charisma, powerful vision and a way to make sure that things get done.  

Guess who identified the three personality types about a century ago? None other than Sigmund Freud and these were:

•     Erotic’s: People who not only love but ‘NEED’ to be loved

•    Obsessives: People who are more inner directed

•    Narcissists: People who just are fixated on themselves and crave ‘adoration’ NOT ‘genuine’ love

Narcissistic leaders in fact develop negative qualities, which later on can make them believe more in their infallibility and less on what other people think or believe. Think about the different times of life:  
OUCH!!   and then the ideas to the top just slow down!!!     
Of course there are so many others, Adolf Hitler, George Washington, Nelson Mandela, Julius Caesar, Chinese President Xi Jinping,Vladimir Putin, Russia's president and former prime minister, German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, - the Supreme Leader of Iran, British Prime Minister David Cameron, The leader of the Catholic faith, - Vatican City -Pope Francis  

A well-known psychoanalyst and anthropologist, Michael Maccoby had recognised certain critical points that these three types overlap in many of us and in fact ALL of us possess a certain amount of narcissism. 

Right from the Stone Age, Iron Age, History of Mesopotamia, Indus Valley Civilization, Vedic period India, New Kingdom (Egypt) and Classical India.

The inclusion of the printing press, the journey of Christopher Columbus (in 1492), the commencement of the British industrialiasation; post–Cold War era - the period in the world history from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, history of Russia from 1991 to the present began with the dissolution of the Soviet Union on 26 December 1991, and the establishment of the Russian Federation; Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) – Industrial Revolution, Space Age (began with  Sputnik (1957), Cold War (Soviet Union and United States, as well their allied states, 1945–1989), World War II (Earth, 1939–1945) and Interwar period.

There are many, many more periods that can be listed but that is not at all what has to be discussed here. 

It is this one quality – ego that has right-handedness that has trailed on through the years, making us so blind, vulnerable and helpless to improve our very own society and lives. Why should we be burdened and pay the price of another person’s ‘in power’s arrogance’; just because he wants to misuse his rights?

Think about it – any leader, entertainment, politics, corporate world or even professional sports – Leaders most often become rigid (not that every leader is bad), STOP listening, learning and very often seeking. They sometimes become rigid and have no tolerance. Remember Alexander the Great? 

Oh he was called “Alexander III of Macedon” and few are aware of this real name but his Greek King of Macedon and member of the Agreed dynasty  is well known for having created one of the largest empires of the ancient world just by the age of thirtywhich stretched from Greece right upto India. He is a cautionary example for todays leaders.

Its hard to come across CEOs and entrepreneurs who are actually capable of being able to manage and manage well  when they have this quality of relying on their own instinct and refuse to be open to other data. What he did to himself was a confirmation of cultural superiority over all of humanity; a term which is now referrerd to as hubris.

This leads to what we can call as the “hardening of coporate arteries” 

So, why think about all this now? When Donald Trump is staying up writing vengeful tweets way past 3 am about Megyn Kelly, that's his problem. He is “productive narcissistic” and is paying a huge price for it: always deeply angry, isolated, distrustful. 

Is there any way, any escape or any hope to end narcissism, high-handed and arrogant behaviour and end this age of entitlement? With Christmas and New Years approaching what is the point of being 'NICE' just that one day? Rewind and think about your life, think about the people who were in it, reconnect with them or meet new people - MAKE YOUR own life GREAT again.