The term "toxic person" has been used increasingly, wrongly in my view, within the social context. Basically, it refers to individuals that cause others emotional damage. Does anyone feel he is free from the charge of having caused emotional harm to another? I do not. For...
There is a lot of research material about leadership and what it takes to develop it. Numerous academics and experts in the field are struggling to determine a definitive list encompassing personality characteristics and/or ideal leader behaviors. After decades dedicated to studying the question, I,...
Letting off steam implies sharing an uncomfortable sentimental subject, relative to and that bothers someone, communicating it to others to whom it does not concern. Whether out of consideration, curiosity or inability to insist on changing the subject, the listener makes himself available to give...
In fact, it is difficult to distinguish, in many cases, between a cautious warning, sign of care, and a rumor. Our nobility obliges us to never resort to malicious slander of some people against others through reckless or unseemly revelations. Therefore, all the common sense...
The greater the distance that separates us from the mediocre, the greater becomes our exposure as well. The human nature of some people makes them attack what is beyond them. It would be naive for us to consider that we are the exception to the...
To live fully and consciously does not mean surrendering to one’s passions or letting them break out wildly. On the contrary, a full life requires thorough use of one’s entire capacity. The more superior the capacities in use are, the higher the quality of life....
When we are at the head of a group, with all the responsibilities that that entails, there always comes into play a little sacrifice on the part of each person, namely we, as leaders, but also the group itself. For me, the noble sacrifice of leadership...
I have yet to meet anyone psychologically sound who prefers to love himself any less. The responsible leader praises with zeal and special consideration the self-esteem of all, yet taking care not to exalt anyone’s vanity. Naturally and simply, he can participate in the pleasure that...
If your job does not captivate your attention spontaneously, generating a state of enthusiasm that propels your work, you probably need a rest (or to change company). There is a deeply rooted social paradigm which holds that if it is work, it shouldn’t and can’t be...
Sometimes, shyness is wrongly confused with modesty. While shyness is a cumbersome condition, caused by fear of the possible negative consequences in relations with others, modesty is a comfortable state of self-confidence based on the awareness of the value of one’s own qualities. A modest person...