There are some folks, around, that lie and cheat to get ahead in life and this is because they believe in focusing their efforts towards superficial existence. They strive towards obtaining only those things that others have, motivated by obsession and a lack of intrinsic value of existence. This type of person will endeavour to obstruct the progressive actions of their counterparts, not to gain what they have, but instead only towards thwarting the advancement of others as they are unlikely to desire altering their ideologies and unreceptive towards change. Advancement, to them, comes in the form of material value, not self-improvement.