The purpose of a team is to collaborate in order to achieve a mutual goal, like creating, selling, or managing something. The sense of camaraderie and mutual support is very important for any team, as it builds trust, and results in a positive-sum of every teammate talents.
Ever worked with this one person, who is undoubtedly brilliant, but behaves like... asshole?
Ever had your idea shot down, for no apparent reason? Some people are very fast to dismiss ideas of other people, while being convinced their own are the best.
Gaslighting is a form of psychological manipulation that seeks to sow seeds of doubt in a targeted individual or in members of a targeted group, making them question their own memory, perception, and sanity. Using persistent denial, misdirection, contradiction, and lying, it attempts to destabilize the victim and delegitimize the victim's belief. (source)
I'd like to announce a cycle of articles coming to Cubitoo Daily Blog starting tomorrow: The Toxic Team.
Each story has always two versions, or more—everybody involved in a situation will have their own perception of it.
Story time: I was working on an important projects recently, and during the cleanup and maintenance removed some important files.
Ever heard these phrases? Read a book in 15 minutes! Gain muscle with this one exercise! Make money with this simple trick.
Start new things is easy. You just... start doing something, right? Wrong!
Different things behave in their own way when you apply pressure.
