Have someone special die in your arms. I'm being serious...You will see all people (except the real nasty ones) as fragile and worthy of our patience and understanding.
I really appreciate this post. Somehow I think the media and its funders are trying to drive the wedge between similarly thinking people as hard as they can.
We're in a war whether we choose to accept it or not. The other side has been making tremendous progress because of our naivety and facilitator-traitors among our midst who overlook human rights abuses and IP theft to make the profit target for the next quarter.
Absolutely not. After 30 years in business I have seen too many execs walk away with huge (>50+ million dollar pay packages, upwards of 250 million due to pre-arranged exit deals) even after failing greatly and seriously harming franchises if not permanently destroying them. And when times get tough, the C-suite uses their management consultants as cover to whack a ton of ordinary folks because "you know, overlaps". Think like a mercenary at all times. They do. Don't get me started on gentleman agreements about bonuses to be paid after 12 months "if" I came onboard.
My clients have been facing job searches 2-3x longer than in past years (mid-level managers, social media, even HR staffers. That's after having had the resume and LinkedIn Profile enhanced to a competitive level.
Former SoS, Harvard Law School, top of West Point Grad, a deeply principled, extremely hard working man. We could and will be experiencing a lot worse the next 4 years.