On Being a Narcissist

DR. ICHAK ADIZES does some deep digging into the past to understand why he is the way he is. The results are life-changing and very touching, and the humility with which he is able to accept himself and change is worth cultivating.

- DR. ICHAK ADIZES

I have been accused by my first wife and now by my second wife of being a narcissist, egocentric, and more; much more. I used to get very upset when the accusations came my way. "What do you want from me? What is it that I am doing that drives you to this name calling," I used to yell back. I never received a satisfactory answer.

In 2014, at the Anthony Robbins Date with Destiny program, in a flash I understood it very well. As part of the program, Anthony Robbins turned the lights low and led us through a well-known exercise where you try to recollect your earliest memory. A year earlier, I had an incredible breakthrough when I first attempted this exercise. I understood very clearly the source of my yearning for love. And I recognized that it has driven my behavior all my life.