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you point out societies need narcissistic leaders they tend to be strong people who have a lot of charisma, powerful drive to get results. what psych analysts call productive narcissists. what s the downside to those kind of people? well, i drew heavily upon michael bacabee, psycho analyst, corporate consultant to ceo s, leadership guru. and as he points out, you know, as freud said there are productive narcissists, people who are strong leaders at times of turbulence. you know, the public is looking for some one look a trump who presents a lot of strength. the downside is that, in effect the success can go to the head of a narcissist. and they sort of become self obsessed, self absorbed, but they begin to go off the rails. they become socially isolated. they don t accept advice. they don t listen to others. they re distrustful.
well, i drew heavily upon michael bacabee, psychoanalyst, corporate consultant to ceo s, leadership guru. and as he points out, you know, as freud said there are productive narcissists, people who are strong leaders at times of turbulence. you know, the public is looking for someone like a trump who presents a lot of strength. the downside is that, in effect the success can go to the head of a narcissist. and they sort of become self self-obsessed, self-absorbed, but they begin to go off the rails. they become socially isolated. they don t accept advice. they don t listen to others. they re distrustful. then when they re attacked or someone seems to be threatening them verbally they hit back really hard. all of those characteristics of course, are what we are seeing with donald trump. i have seen him in his private moments when he is, i think, much more productive. but the trump who has been in public fits that role of a narcissist you really have to wonder about. you know, has he