by rick_patterson | Jan 24, 2021 | Apology, Failure, Growth, Shame, truth
What is Truth? The Great Exposer “What is truth?” is the rhetorical question made famous by Pilate during the interrogation of Jesus. This has become the non rhetorical question in today’s world. We struggle to understand the possibility of “alternative facts”....
by rick_patterson | Aug 20, 2019 | Courage, Failure, Growth, Narcissism, Shame, Uncategorized
Narcissists hate criticism. Let’s be blunt about that. It’s almost unbearable. But overcoming shame (and narcissism as a result) means dealing with criticism. When a person with shame based narcissistic tendencies such as me does something creative, they...
by rick_patterson | Apr 4, 2019 | Failure, Fear, Growth, Shame
Failure is a crushing word to many (most) people. We avoid it like the plague. Yet we also say we believe that life’s greatest achievements come through failure. In fact, many of the greatest successes in the world will remind us of this very fact – from Benjamin...
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