While a complex may make someone more timid or withdrawn, i… - Tom Butler-Bowdon

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While a complex may make someone more timid or withdrawn, it could equally produce the need to compensate for that in overachievement. This is the “pathological power drive,” expressed at the expense of other people and society generally. Adler identified Napoleon, a small man making a big impact on the world, as a classic case of an inferiority complex in action.

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While a complex may make someone more timid or withdrawn, it could equally produce the need to compensate for that in overachievement. This is the “p… - Tom Butler-Bowdon

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