One example of the ego blowing successes out of proportion is when someone talks about their aspirations or ideas without actually putting in the work to achieve them. This is a form of procrastination or avoidance of self-doubt, where the ego inflates the importance of the idea or aspiration to avoid the discomfort of actually doing the work.
This book explains how people tend to think that the world revolves around them. The "it's all about...
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