The Arena: Showing Up

While the process for the critic is very often superficial and ephemeral when we’re criticized we take it as an indictment of our selves directly, of our very being. 

From the sender, it may really mean “I don’t like what this seems like,” but to the recipient, it feels like “...

Acclaim in the begining, can be a powerful antidote to a narcissist’s insecurity. And most leaders are a bit narcisists. It doesn’t help to bury criticism between two compliments: Beginnings & ends are more likely to stick in our memories than middles, & narcissists are especially likely to ignor...

• Don’t look down on people who are less fortunate than you.
• Everything that you have with you today is temporary and can be destroyed within a fraction of a second.
• Be grateful for what you have. Likewise, when you fall down, don’t give up. Try again. Isn't that exactly what...