Are you vaccinated against the disease of extravagance and self-exhibition?

Lastly: the disease of extravagance and self-exhibition. This happens when a leader turns his or her service into power, and uses that power for material gain, or to acquire even greater power.  This is the disease of persons who insatiably try to accumulate power and to this end are ready to slander, defame and discredit others;…

Are you vaccinated against the ‘downcast face’ disease?

The disease of a downcast face. You see this disease in those glum and dour persons who think that to be serious you have to put on a face of melancholy and severity and treat others—especially those we consider our inferiors—with rigor, brusqueness, and arrogance. In fact, a show of severity and sterile pessimism are frequently…