They're pre-occupied with themselves, their things, their ideas, their accomplishments. Your best approach with Ego types is to acknowledge their uniqueness, their number-oneness. You also need to be assertive and demonstrate your leadership. They want to know if you're good enough. At some point early in life, around age seven, the mind learns that not only is it a separate ego, but that there are other egos in the world as well.
Survival appears to depend on pleasing others.
The dominant need at this phase is psychological. The common characteristic of this phase is the desire to please others. Your best approach with Pleasers is to be friendly, and be somewhat assertive, since Pleasers tend to put off making decisions. The Authority Phase The Authority Phase is characterized by is the need for rules. In teen years we learn that not only are we individual egos, and that there are other egos, but that there are whole systems or groups of egos we belong to.