Show me an egotistical person, and I will show you a person who isn’t listening. If someone feels like they have all the answers and know it all, then why should they listen to anyone else? Primarily, to an ego driven person, everyone else is purely there to make them look good. That’s it!
Big ego equals poor listener. I can’t say it any simpler than that. This confirms that the person with the big ego will never be a great salesperson nor will they ever be a great leader.
Sales and leadership is about connecting with people, and this means listening to people. The only person an egocentric individual wants to listen to is themselves. The first universal thing of every egotistical person is that they are quick to view everyone else as stupid and not hesitant to say it out loud to whoever is listening. Second, they always loathe doing
