Have to been in a meeting with you superior and they starts to sing the praises of a member of staff. The thing is you don't have any respect for that member and the current project you are working on can potentially be stopped by that person. The next comment to come out is a brilliant new idea that, that person has proposed. Your superior thinks very highly of them but all you see is red. You can either make the point that you proposed the idea or just let the water run off your back.
I have just recently faced that situation as I would think many have in the past and will do in the future. The only conciliation is that this person will have to face the music at some stage. The only problem is that I won't be there to see the result. The only conciliation is that I have kept my dignity and realise that there will always be people like this. I can stay at their level and feel angry or I can move on knowing that their situation is limited.
I came a cross a great saying by TS Eliot which might give you a laugh.
"between the dreams and reality fall the shadows"
The second line is mine.
"this is the realm of the shadow man"
These are the people who are incapable to shining their own light in life. They hide behind others pointing fingers and taking and using other peoples ideas. They then try to put them up as their own but will in the end fail. This is the difference You either create your own light which people will see or you join the realms of the shadow man.
As Dr Peter F. Drucker once said "The best way to predict the future is to create it" and that is what I try to do each day.
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