observer.gm - Self aggrandisement, whatever good work one might be doing, has the off-putting effect of derailing the significance of one’s contribution. In fact, repeatedly praising oneself suggests two, if not more, possibilities; it is either that one is doing what they are doing for the primary reason of merely pleasing society, or to merely attract society’s attention in pursuit of worldly pleasure. What is of more significance though is to do things because they are supposed to be done for the...» view full story