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Leaders Eat Last:
The more we give of ourselves to see others succeed, the greater our value to the group and the more respect they offer us.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…being the alpha – the strong, supportive one of the group… is a prerequisite for leadership.
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Leaders Eat Last:
As a species that can accomplish more in groups than as individuals, we need to have the instinct to know whom to trust.
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Leaders Eat Last:
To be around others like us makes us feel like we belong and gives us a sense of safety.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…love is giving someone the power to destroy us and trusting they won’t use it.
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Leaders Eat Last:
Simply seeing or hearing about acts of human generosity actually inspires us to want to do the same.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…a simple handshake; physical contact demonstrates a sign of our willingness to trust… even more than the terms of the deal.
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Leaders Eat Last:
As social animals, we feel stress when we feel unsupported. The subconscious unease, the feeling that we are responsible for ourselves and no one else is there to help, the feeling we get that most of the people with whom we work care primarily for themselves…
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Leaders Eat Last:
Even though we can get used to living with stress and low, regular levels of cortisol in our bodies, that doesn’t mean we should.
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Leaders Eat Last:
…if we work environments in which trust is low, relationships are weak or transactional and stress and anxiety are normal, we become much more vulnerable to illness…
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