Egoistical recognition
Egoistical recognition-Exerts from Dr Napoleon Hill’s “Do it Now” Psychiatrists and psychologists are coming to realise as philosophers and priests have realised for centuries that the basic drive of mankind is not sex or the urge for security but the demand for simple egoistical recognition. None of us has so long to live that we can afford to waste a precious moment in such a negative way as carping criticisms of others. But every moment spent in praise of someone else rebounds to our own credit. For nowhere it is more true that- like begets like than in this instance. It will help you to remember that no man or woman is entirely free of drive for recognition. That includes your superiors as well as your subordinates. Your boss at this moment is probably more tired more lonely and more disheartened than you realise. He would appreciate a word of sincere praise from you every bit as much as the one you hope to receive from him. Even our c...