I fell in love with the topic of leadership. For three decades, that has been a major focus of my hands-on work: listening to and working with leaders, their teams and their organizations.

If people are really narcissistic or have a need to be seen as more than they really are, or to be admired as having it all together, then they cannot be followed and trusted by others.

We might meet with some leaders of student organizations such as fraternities and ask them from their point of view to describe the way people drink at the fraternity parties, to describe the kind of social climate at those parties,

As a psychologist, I can tell you that there are people who look very good in a group, but they're very different in a one-on-one situation.

Replace dabbling with laser-beam
focus on something important.

The best way to advance in a career is to get great results while working with people.