Learn to be less critical of myself and others.

I do this. I think that everyone in the world is either below me and incompetent or above me and unreachable. Neither is true.
I’m reading I’m Ok, You’re OK by (someguyican’trememberhisname) and it is an eye opener. This pattern started very young and has been reinforced by all my behaviour and that of the people I have chosen to be around. Now I can see that it can be changed and I can like myself and like others at the same time.