Exaggerated self worth, center of

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attention, one who attempts to control others? That doesn't sound like a single hander with 5 trips around the world. More the opposite me. I'm no shrink but from a lay persons understanding of the term, he doesn't seem to fit the mold. You could say that any writer, actor or politician wants to be the center of attention once in a while. That doesn't make him narcissistic.

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I see that Webb Chiles has recently finished his fifth circumnavigation by himself
- Oh I don't know Jud. To each his own, I always say,...
  - I think it has a lot to do with the fact that the world is round
- His own world
  - virtue or vice?
    - Exaggerated self worth, center of
      - The trickery of definitions
    - Ya lost me there.
  - I think that pretty much nails it...
    - The feller I know well prefers to avoid the hassle of shore folks.
      - As Ron says, control but perhaps viewed from another angle.

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