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| Cathexis--The Most Important Word You've Never Heard Of |
Dear Visitor, Here is a term you've probably never heard of before--"cathexis." It is a psychiatric term originally coined by Freud. I first read about cathexis in Scott Peck's famous book, "The Road Less Traveled." Peck describes cathexis as the process by which the people, places and things we freely invest in become part of us. If we freely invest in our employees, for example, they literally become part of our identity, or sense-of-self, and we subsequently defend them as though they were part of us. Here is an article that I wrote about the mysterious process of cathexis. Let me know what you think. Best
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My book gives employee-focused managers the intellectual firepower they will need to defend themselves from the forces of bureaucratic, impersonal, hyperrational management. Revolutionary Vision Best selling author, Ricardo Semler, called this approach “natural management”—not capitalism, not communism, but something altogether more rewarding and productive. Create a Win for All Parties Viva La Revolución, Paul Herr Author of Primal Management |



I hope to ignite a revolution in management thinking with Primal Management. I basically want to prove to the business community, once and for all, that it is far more efficient to manage with the carrot than with the stick.