We would be better off if we did not take ourselves so seriously.    As a result, the ego is one of the areas that we can all do a lot of work on to get rid off.  Our ego's do a good number on us in making us believe at times that we are more important than others.  As such, we have all been around people where the world revolved around them.  None of us would ever entertain being around those type of people for any extended period of time.  The differences lie in those that feel that the world owes them, as opposed to the others who live to contribute to the world.  If you are around people that appear to be needy all the time, then perhaps you should begin to do a better job of filtering your time around them.   When we give importance to titles and other non essential things, we begin to be defined by them.  Therefore it becomes harder to separate the real person from the persona.  We can all work towards letting those superficial things go and living more honestly with ourselves.  With practice, you will see that you are far greater than a title, the house you live in or the car you drive.  It is the person inside of us that matters the most and we need less ego's to dominate our immediate landscapes.  Keep working at letting those unimportant things go by the wayside and when you walk out the door into the public eye, let your true self be what the world sees.