Just imagine the crowd of sycophants and scammers that surround these people, all trying to collect some little bit of the money that sheds off them like dandruff. That crowd is going to treat any voice-of-reason follower as a barrier to wealth and an enemy and work very hard to get rid of them. It’s got to be incredibly difficult for billionaires to access any kind of negative feedback or reality check, and spinning out into one’s own little fantasy world seems like an inevitable consequence, even if they start out ‘normal.’
I own a very small business, mostly just me. But now and then I have to hire extra help, and occasionally there’s a guy who goes straight into ass-kissing-the-boss mode, which disgusts me as much as everyone else.
I shut it down real fast, telling everybody in general that I don’t respond to ass kissing, and just do the job the way I tell you to do it. I don’t need my ass smooched at the same time. Gross, knock that shit off, have some self-respect.
Just imagine the crowd of sycophants and scammers that surround these people, all trying to collect some little bit of the money that sheds off them like dandruff. That crowd is going to treat any voice-of-reason follower as a barrier to wealth and an enemy and work very hard to get rid of them. It’s got to be incredibly difficult for billionaires to access any kind of negative feedback or reality check, and spinning out into one’s own little fantasy world seems like an inevitable consequence, even if they start out ‘normal.’
For some people it’s just natural.
I own a very small business, mostly just me. But now and then I have to hire extra help, and occasionally there’s a guy who goes straight into ass-kissing-the-boss mode, which disgusts me as much as everyone else.
I shut it down real fast, telling everybody in general that I don’t respond to ass kissing, and just do the job the way I tell you to do it. I don’t need my ass smooched at the same time. Gross, knock that shit off, have some self-respect.