The narcissistic manager

Adrian Furnham

A chapter in The Talented Manager, 2012, pp 155-157 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Several versions of the myth of Narcissus survive. They are warnings about hubris and pride. Narcissus was the son of Cephissus, the river God. By the time he was 16 everyone recognized his ravishing beauty, but he scorned all lovers — of both sexes — because of his pride. The Goddess Nemesis arranged that Narcissus would stop to drink at a spring on the heights of Mount Helicon. As he looked in the water he saw his own reflection and instantly fell in love with the image. He could not embrace his reflection in the pool, but unable to tear himself away, he remained until he died of starvation. But no body remained — in his place was a flower.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230369764_42

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