This is pretty much why I'm a high Mach. We are way too much alike it's actually scary haha

I'm also very cutthroat when it comes to business and while I don't scam or steal from people, I have a tendency to bend the rules to my will. If I'm not ruthless and if I don't suspect hidden motives in everybody, time and experience has proven to me that I will get burned.

I don't see any good in the world. To me the world is nothing more than a survivalist competition. If you aren't able and willing to do what must be done to get ahead, others will use and hurt you plain and simple.

I also, much like you, have two spheres of people in my life. One is my friends and family sphere which consists of people that I care about. While I don't fully open up to them, I don't under any circumstance hurt them and I do everything in my power to shield them from others like me. The other sphere of people I consider "minions" which are anybody who I'm using for a specific purpose be it business, knowledge, or even sex. I almost always kick these people out of my life when they outlive their usefulness to me; I prefer to keep my circle small.