Ironically, the cure for narcissism is having a healthy love of self.

Narcissists have an unhealthy craving for improved self-esteem.

A 2010 study in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science reports that the percentage of college students exhibiting a narcissistic personality has increased by 30% since the early 1980s.

Narcissists are less honest, more aggressive. They spend a lot of time primping on social media sites like Instagram.

We cannot do much to motivate others from abandoning self-absorption but there is plenty we can do to stay far away from it.

• Develop a healthy self-love and acceptance for you as you are.

• Connect in real time with others in settings where you can also monitor their reactions (face to face, for example).

• Avoid the use of the words “I” or “me”. Isn’t it amazing how many narcissists continually use these words without a red flag popping up to indicate that they’ve indulged themselves enough.

• Separate from social media – use it cautiously because it quickly becomes a wasteland for users and sadly, most don’t even know it.

• Do not try to impress others.

I hate to say this but Dale Carnegie’s How To Win Friends and Influence People still ranks in the top 30 books according to Kindle sales even though the stories are outdated and the writing style would turn off a Millennial.

But it can be boiled down to this — seeing things from the other persons point of view is your insurance policy against being a narcissist. 

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