Very insightful! You are quite right but most people miss the spectrum of "numbness" vs "sensitivity when it comes to analyzing their own personalities/charact

Very insightful! You are quite right but most people miss the spectrum of "numbness" vs "sensitivity when it comes to analyzing their own personalities/character. I think this is a result of "Operant Conditioning" by the context/environment in which they were brought up. For example, in the environment in which i was brought up, personal morals/ethics, truthfulness, humility/humbleness were greatly stressed which has resulted in my being highly sensitive to "deviation from the ideals" in my own self and in judging others. The intellectual part of my mind knows that adhering to these rigidly are a handicap but something deep inside will not allow me to be ruthless when it is necessary. Even after educating myself by reading books on "worldly wisdom", i am still unable to breakthrough this "mental conditioning". I think the best yardstick for "worldly success", is to look at how a person was brought up vis-e-vis "the real world" and how "flexible" he is in dealing with right/wrong and truth/lies.