"What can i do that will set me aside from the herd? Ok?" he asks. "I'm not going to argue with you about trying to convince you that you're successful." He says, 'If it wasn't me, if it was some one else, it would have had the same outcome' The ego is a form of self-loathing and an inability to accept responsibility for his own actions or failures. It also makes unfair comparisons between himself and other people - such as comparing sport skill with another person's.