Disturbed Characters Never Want to Accept Blame
When trying to regain a sense of power, control, and success after experiencing a failure, we have two options: blame others, or take stock of ourselves and begin the arduous task of self improvement.
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When trying to regain a sense of power, control, and success after experiencing a failure, we have two options: blame others, or take stock of ourselves and begin the arduous task of self improvement.
There’s a hidden world within us all. It’s a world rich with wonder. But it’s also a world with which most of us rarely come into contact.
Whether we choose to be aware of it or not, or to accept it or not, the reality is that character matters. If there were ever a time when character really counted, especially in our leaders, it’s now, in this age of permissiveness, moral relativism, and narcissistic entitlement.
It’s not just important to be willing to forgive. Research suggests that how we go about forgiving matters too, and those who forgive more freely as opposed to conditionally may enjoy better overall health.
Reconciling the kinds of deep internal divisions which trauma victims may experience, acknowledging and accepting the polar opposites in their own feelings and desires, can be the task of a lifetime.
In a business setting, just as in the rest of life, we neglect or suppress emotions at our peril. Therapy can provide a space for emotional intelligence in the workplace to develop and flourish.
PTSD might bring to mind violent trauma like combat and natural disasters, but non-physical relationship trauma can also have subtle and lingering effects, including “flashbacks” of events, circumstances and behaviors connected to the trauma.
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