Are we overly concerned with appearances and status? Do we find ourselves always jockeying for position and competing with others for the highest place? When in authority, do we lord it over our subordinates, demanding that they serve us and treating them with contempt? Are our expressions of affection genuine or simply a show to impress others? Beneath our words and actions, is there seething resentment or grasping envy or deceitful malice? Do we engage in vain flattery of others as a way of manipulating them? Are our compliments and encouragements sincere? Are we overly concerned with our
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