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You know them by the size of the voices, the size of their accomplishments and the size of their egos.

You know them by how small you feel when in their presence. What you have to say is not nearly as important as what they have to say. What you have done cannot measure up to what they have done. What you want and need rarely come into the conversations.

I’m talking, of course, about the egotists in your life.

In the next several weeks I’m going to help you understand CrazyMakers, and how they make us feel so crazy.

The first in five of our parade of CrazyMakers is the Egotist. The Egotist lives life large. It’s all about them, what they’ve done, what they’re doing and what they plan to do. The Egotist is grandiose, arrogant and completely full of themselves.

Because the Egotist fills up every room they enter, there is little room left for you. What you think and feel, what you’ve done, doing or going to do, is of little real interest to them. They are much more inclined to talk about themselves.

So, are you getting anxious yet? Is this bringing someone special to mind? If so, you’re not alone. There are many Egotists in the world, and most of us have one or more in our family. You may be, in fact, married to one.

Listen to this email from a woman married to an Egotist.

Dear Dr. David. After reading your book, Dealing with the CrazyMakers in Your Life, I realized I’m married to an Egotist. He is so immature and full of himself. He’s always bragging about what he’s done, and never takes time to ask about my day. At first I was attracted to him because of his self-confidence. But, after a while, I realized that he never takes responsibility for his mistakes, always blames others for his problems and worst of all, seems to not be interested in my life.

After reading your book I discovered that I was slowly losing my voice with him. Because he is so proud of his accomplishments and loves to talk about himself, I started growing more and more into myself. I’ve become quiet and depressed. I know I need to assert myself more, but find it difficult to do since he is so powerful. Do you have any suggestions for how to balance our relationship? I feel like I have become small and frozen and want to come alive again. How can I tell him that I want to matter more to him? I want him to want to converse with me. I want him to care about my day, and have him help me with my problems. Is there any hope that he can change? Please help. ~ Shrinking