You've misunderstood the point, in the whole post he didn't say how anybody else was affected by his behavior. If nobody's negatively affected, the behavior can't be bad.
"I've hurt people by being too egotistical" is an example of an "I" sentence that would have made me believe he could see that something was wrong.
"I've hurt people by being too egotistical" is an example of an "I" sentence that would have made me believe he could see that something was wrong.