Licking the Razor's Edge (2015)

*When criticized, do you defend your words or your actions or your choices?
*When your beliefs are challenged, do you try to persuade others that you are right?
*Do you grumble and complain about things that are “unfair” or “bad” or “wrong”?
*Do you believe that you “deserve” all the good things in life – either those you already
possess, or those you do not yet have (but should)?
*Do you withdraw or pout or mope or whine whenever you lose an argument or are
reprimanded by another?
*Do you become impatient &/or frustrated when others don’t work or walk or drive or
speak quickly enough?
*Do you revel in the misfortunes, failures or difficulties experienced by your enemies
(e.g. members of an opposing political party, members of a different religion, citizens of
a different country, fans of a different sports team, members of a different race)?
*Do you identify yourself by (&/or are you proud of) your country — or your company,
or your geographical region, or your race, or your religion, or your political beliefs?
*Do you consider yourself to be smarter or prettier or more talented than others in any
way?
*Do you attempt to psychoanalyze the motives behind others’ actions or words?
*Without being asked about them by others, do you indirectly hint at or directly share
your adventures or your victories or your successes?
*Do you speak to others more than you listen to them?
*Do you strive for the approval of others or worry about what others think about you?
*Do you believe that you already “know enough” about your job, or your life, or the
world, or yourself?
*Do you rationalize overtly painful humor (e.g. subtly racist jokes) or indirectly harmful
humor (e.g. scathing sarcasm) by professing that they are “only jokes” or that this is “just
the way you are”?
*Do you continue to look elsewhere for a “better job”, a “more loving partner” or “your
kind of people”?
*Do you make fun of others whenever they “brown nose” or “kiss up” to authority
figures?
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