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Narcissism of the Narcissist

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Narcissist- 1.  Excessive love or admiration of oneself. 2.  A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem. However much you try to ignore them, their comments and highly-opinionated views will always get to you. Finding a plethora of these highly versatile human-beings is never too difficult. At a meeting? Look at the person judging you for your style of speech. At the mall? That lady loves the look of utter confusion as you cannot lead yourself to that store your friend spoke of, highly. Though a highly ignored aspect of the human condition, it is exceedingly prevalent in most human beings. We, as opposed to other animals, are not very different as we may believe ourselves to be. Even the majestic penguins stare at their reflections while pruning themselves. The interesting question which arises here, is if the penguin is aware of its own reflection, or is it just an instinct to make itself more viab