self-ag·gran·dize·ment (s lf -gr n d z-m nt).
n. The act or practice of enhancing or exaggerating one's own
importance, power, or reputation.
When I was a child my parents would talk about rude behaviors. Since my mother was half English and quite a bit formal, manners...good manners were everything. The Rules According To Mom. One was not to chew with your mouth open (do people REALLY do that), another was to keep your elbows off the table. Shoulders back, good posture. Yep, got those, too.
But the kicker was about going on and on about oneself. It wasn't because it wasn't balanced, it was because it was rude. And frankly, I don't much like it, either.
There are self-promoters nearly everywhere these days. Many of my Facebook friends promote themselves in every post. A radio broadcast I used to enjoy does that continually. It is beyond annoying, quite juvenile and unnecessary. Listeners can decide for themselves if they like the program. They do not need to be reminded. Even the talk show host is full of themselves. It makes me want to puke. I listen less and less.
AB has been a self-promoter since I first met him. He
annoys the heck out of men. AB suffers was horrible self-esteem issues.
The state of the self these days is at an all time low. The society tells us what to believe and how to think. Corporations enforce this as they remove any creativity an individual could have immediately. Reduced to windowless cubicles, sometimes even an employee's chair is removed. It is more productive to stand we are now told.
Society even controls turning on the lights in the bathroom, toilet flushing, turning on the water to wash our hands, opens the door, tells us what we can carry on an airplane, forces us to buy expensive, non-organic food at airports when we are the customer paying for the ticket. We are becoming a military state quickly. Soon there will be no choices to make. We will be mere drones. Listen to Graham Hancock as he explores consciousness:
Graham Hancock (born 2 August 1950 in Edinburgh, Scotland) is a British writer and journalist. Hancock specialises in unconventional theories[1] involving ancient civilizations, stone monuments or megaliths, altered states of consciousness,
ancient myths and astronomical/astrological data from the past. One of
the main themes running through many of his books is the possible global
connection with a "mother culture" from which he believes all ancient
historical civilizations sprang. Source: Wikipedia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=s42vuf0ahU8#!
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