Egomaniacal Characters
Egomaniacal characters are grandiose narcissists. And their grandiosity sometimes borders on the delusional.
Tag Archives: relationships
Fighting Fairly Defines Decent Characters
Fighting is an integral part of life. But how we fight matters. Fighting fairly, with principal, and constructively, with care not to needlessly injure is what decent character is all about.
The Keys to Self-Empowerment
The main key to self-empowerment is simple: keep your attention, time, and energy focused where you have power.
Choosing the Right Relationship Partner
Choosing the right relationship partner can be quite daunting. But how a person has behaved in past relationships best predicts how they’ll eventually treat you.
How Denial Obstructs Character Growth
Human beings are great self-deceivers. But some of us deceive ourselves so earnestly and so often that we begin to believe our falsehoods, and that really gets in the way of our character growth.
Functional Narcissism and Culture
Environments can be structured in a way that promote – even reward narcissistic behavior. Narcissism was once regarded as both an aberration and a significant disturbance or disorder of character. But a culture of entitlement, permissiveness, and relativism has helped make it more the norm. And sadly, in far too many aspects of modern life, narcissism has actually become quite adaptive.
Relationship Intimacy Requires Connection
For relationships to really work and endure, connections have to develop and deepen on multiple levels. Intimacy is always the key.
Loving Relationships Can’t Always Heal
Loving relationships can promote character growth, that’s for sure. But when someone has significant character disturbance no amount of loving care alone can fix things.
Committed Relationships Can Fuel Growth
We grow in character by learning to love rightly. That takes considerable, committed effort. But the payoffs are immense. Unfortunately, in our character impaired times, too few among us are willing to pay the price.
Loving Relationships Grow Character
You have to have some decency of character to make a relationship work. But there’s also nothing more powerfully character-building than a truly loving relationship.