by rick_patterson | Nov 16, 2017 | Christianity, Psychology, Shame, Success
Narcissism brings pain to many Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don’t mean to do harm– but the harm does not interest them. Or they do not see it, or they justify it because they are absorbed in the...
by rick_patterson | Jul 22, 2017 | Achievement, Growth, Shame, Success
I am a trophy hunter – not with a gun – but I love a good trophy and I tend to hunt for them. That desire is key for thriving in corporate America – you got to love getting the big win and the big award recognizing your greatness. Trophies have a lot of forms. Sports...
by rick_patterson | May 11, 2017 | Achievement, Courage, Success
To be nobody-but-yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody but yourself- means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight – and never stop fighting. —e. e. cummings (1955) In the 1990’s – as I was making a...
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