{"id":6204,"date":"2023-09-20T18:54:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/?p=6204"},"modified":"2023-09-20T18:54:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T16:54:39","slug":"why-leaders-appear-unfit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tibicon.net\/en\/2023\/09\/why-leaders-appear-unfit\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do so many men in power men appear so inadequate?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who is a parvenu<\/em>?<\/p>\n

Dictionaries agree to define it as\u00a0a person who has acquired a superior economic and social status without adapting to the manners of the new context<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In most countries the man in power, who inevitably aspires to charismatic leadership<\/a>, is too often a parvenu.<\/p>\n

We can define him as<\/p>\n

a person who has gained a power position without adapting his preparation to the one that the context requires.<\/h3>\n

In short, parvenus of competence<\/em>, which Honor\u00e9 de Balzac<\/a> well describes with this brief thought:<\/p>\n

Parvenus are like monkeys, of which they have the agility: […] during the climb one admires their agility, but once they have reached the top one can only see the shameful parts of them.<\/h3>\n

What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who is a parvenu? Dictionaries agree to define it as\u00a0a person who has acquired a superior economic and social status without adapting to the manners of the new context. In most countries the man in power, who inevitably aspires to charismatic leadership, is too often a parvenu. 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