Most people are in some way narcissistic or have the trait, but the “narcissists” we are discussing here are those whose narcissism has been enlarged to the extreme extent that it severely affects people around them.
There’s a theory out there that believes that most well-known successful people are narcissists, while I have a different view. In that theory, all those famous people who have different temperaments, defined in Dr. Keirsey’s relationship book “Please understand me 2″, are labeled as narcissists, including Bill Gates and the like, which I can’t seem to agree. I may not have the right to say so, in that, I had no chance living in a life close to them to proof it. However, in that theory, it mentions four types of people: narcissist, sensualist, utilitarian and marketing, and they are exactly what Dr. Keirsey describes as guardian, idealist, rational and artisan, in this case, I would say, Bill Gates is not a narcissist, at most, he is a narcissistic rational.
The theory also classifies narcissist as productive and destructive narcissist, therefore, the tough-minded guardian is probably the destructive narcissist we are talking about. They are the most successful type of people outside the United States, in that, more people tend to follow them in a non-democratic society.
Tags: Narcissist, Personality, Relationship, Relationship Book, Temperament