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I thought at some level that he was a human being who would, you know, ultimately conform in some manner to what a president could be. it was complete self-deception, but i thought that at first. then i wondered, why can't he do it? there is just a pathological impossibility. >> correct. >> of him doing it. then when you started to look at it and you realize it is black and white, as you say, then you start thinking, like, he does everything that you tell your children they shouldn't do. lie, cheat, and steal and bad mouth people to, you know, aggrandize himself, brag. all of these characteris...
The book Leadership and Self Deception: Getting Out of the Box was written by The Arbinger Institute. The work was derived from the ideas of C. Terry
>> mark is an unusual individual. he's a sociopath, but he is much more intelligent than i think most of these people. i think his mind is capable of almost infinite self-deception. i believe unlike a lot of people he tries very hard to empathize with other people, he tries to sense that other people have pain also. but it's mostly intellectual knowledge, he doesn't really feel it. he wanted to hurt the world. chapman told me he fantasized in getting hold of a nuclear bomb and maybe blow up a small city, injuring or killing thousands if not millions of people. >> chapman shot john lennon becau...
It was a classic case of self—deception. putin's big supporter now is china, underxijinping. no condemnation over ukraine from mrxi. suddenly, the world has changed. we're in new territory now, and it looks distinctly like cold war, mark ii. john simpson, bbc news. as we've been doing this week, let's get a final thought from our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. i suppose the big question is, what now? i mean, where do we go from here after this incredible day? clive, it may not be the time to quote lenin, but i can't help but think of his famous phrase where there are decades...