{"id":776,"date":"2007-06-12T22:53:20","date_gmt":"2007-06-12T22:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/calling_all_syc\/"},"modified":"2007-06-12T22:53:20","modified_gmt":"2007-06-12T22:53:20","slug":"calling_all_syc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/calling_all_syc\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling All Sychophants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some believe that corporate America is overrun by sycophants (those who feel the need to kiss ________).&nbsp; I&#8217;m not writing to measure that statistic, but I do want to write to those who are courageous enough to admit that they are part of the &quot;sycophant club.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Why are you doing it?&nbsp; If you&#8217;re older than 40, has it worked as a strategy for you?&nbsp; Have written a book on the subject?&nbsp; Are teaching a course on how to be a better sycophant?<\/p>\n<p>The ironic thing here is many don&#8217;t know they have the problem and a good number of others don&#8217;t care.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Here are some reasons why group #1 (ignorance) behaves the way they do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They live with and are driven by multiple fears. <\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;ve observed others (fellow sycophants) and blindly follow. <\/li>\n<li>No one of importance in their lives told them it was OK to be authentic. <\/li>\n<li>They work in an organization that rewards sycophant tendencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Now for group #2 (plotters):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They worship the 21st century trinity (me, myself and I). <\/li>\n<li>See the fourth bullet above. <\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re calloused beyond a habit. <\/li>\n<li>They&#8217;re hurting deeply and won&#8217;t let on.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If all of my insight nerves you, then maybe there is hope.&nbsp; Go find someone who will tell you the truth and loves people.&nbsp; You just might find an awakening&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>What sycophant experiences have you had?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some believe that corporate America is overrun by sycophants (those who feel the need to kiss ________).&nbsp; I&#8217;m not writing to measure that statistic, but I do want to write to those who are courageous enough to admit that they are part of the &quot;sycophant club.&quot; Why are you doing it?&nbsp; If you&#8217;re older than&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/776\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.epicliving.com\/epic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}