WIST QuotationsThere’s a reason narcissists don’t learn from mistakes and that’s because they never get past the first step, which is admitting that they made one. It’s always an assistant’s fault, an adviser’s fault, a lawyer’s fault. Ask them to account for a mistake any other way and they’ll say, “What mistake?”
Robert Hogan (b. 1937) American psychologist
Quoted in Jeffrey Kluger, The Narcissist Next Door, ch. 6 (2014)
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Hogan, Robert - Quoted in Jeffrey Kluger, The Narcissist Next Door, ch. 6 (2014) | WIST Quotations
There's a reason narcissists don't learn from mistakes and that's because they never get past the first step, which is admitting that they made one. It's always an assistant's fault, an adviser's fault, a lawyer's fault. Ask them to account for a mistake any other way and they'll say, "What…