Exactly - it's a game of maintaining your energy levels and your peace. #4 is not about dimming your light to diminish yourself so that they always have the spotlight. It's suggesting to not be the one with all the knowledge and ideas, especially since they'll take credit for all of it or pass it off as their own. Keep your good ideas to yourself and share them with the right people instead.
Exactly - it's a game of maintaining your energy levels and your peace. #4 is not about dimming your light to diminish yourself so that they always have the spotlight. It's suggesting to not be the one with all the knowledge and ideas, especially since they'll take credit for all of it or pass it off as their own. Keep your good ideas to yourself and share them with the right people instead.
If only it were so easy. I used to share ideas in the open with colleagues present but they all were succumbing to the boss so it was irrelevant. Eventually, I had to leave work and ended up in a new place and it was the same set up. Colleagues afraid of boss and agreeing to any nonsense. My struggle was surviving in prolonged exposure to such bosses and in the fakeness of it all while maintaining integrity and my own light. I could not do it if I wanted to come out whole from it. Any advice is welcome. Thank you for the tips.
Your workplaces sound like a LinkedIn forum. It's a tough one because no matter where you go, you're confronted with these narcissistic leaders. The best thing is to do your work well without needing to play games to gain favour or approval from the bosses. Be cordial, respectful, friendly without needing to be open about yourself. It's a job and hopefully you have other outlets for meaning and fulfillment outside of work.
Hahahahaha! I don't use LinkedIn even though friends says I should. I left both places, but the experience has certainly damaged me and I'm working on healing from all that. You are right! That's a job at the end of the day. The point is it never dawned on me to call the bosses as narcissistic but some friends did. Highlighting this as you do in this post, is very important. Thank you again.
LinkedIn is entertaining if you can play spot the faker, the gurupreneur, the performative empath and the wannabe elite and IтАЩm certain it will remind you of the workplaces you left behind. I hope you have great supports for your healing process and you never have to work under a narcissistic leader again.
Exactly - it's a game of maintaining your energy levels and your peace. #4 is not about dimming your light to diminish yourself so that they always have the spotlight. It's suggesting to not be the one with all the knowledge and ideas, especially since they'll take credit for all of it or pass it off as their own. Keep your good ideas to yourself and share them with the right people instead.
If only it were so easy. I used to share ideas in the open with colleagues present but they all were succumbing to the boss so it was irrelevant. Eventually, I had to leave work and ended up in a new place and it was the same set up. Colleagues afraid of boss and agreeing to any nonsense. My struggle was surviving in prolonged exposure to such bosses and in the fakeness of it all while maintaining integrity and my own light. I could not do it if I wanted to come out whole from it. Any advice is welcome. Thank you for the tips.
Your workplaces sound like a LinkedIn forum. It's a tough one because no matter where you go, you're confronted with these narcissistic leaders. The best thing is to do your work well without needing to play games to gain favour or approval from the bosses. Be cordial, respectful, friendly without needing to be open about yourself. It's a job and hopefully you have other outlets for meaning and fulfillment outside of work.
Hahahahaha! I don't use LinkedIn even though friends says I should. I left both places, but the experience has certainly damaged me and I'm working on healing from all that. You are right! That's a job at the end of the day. The point is it never dawned on me to call the bosses as narcissistic but some friends did. Highlighting this as you do in this post, is very important. Thank you again.
LinkedIn is entertaining if you can play spot the faker, the gurupreneur, the performative empath and the wannabe elite and IтАЩm certain it will remind you of the workplaces you left behind. I hope you have great supports for your healing process and you never have to work under a narcissistic leader again.