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Bill Eddy

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Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

It's not physically possible. He says, do it and do it in the next 90 days. And they did. They invented this thing that they probably would not have done unless he pushed them. So high conflict person, but I don't think he had a personality disorder. People say, oh, he's an incredible narcissist. But personality disorder is characterized by lack of change.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

lack of self-awareness, lack of flexibility, and they shoot themselves in the foot and it interferes with their success. He, I think, was close to that, but he had enough flexibility and he picked a team that pushed back on him and he liked that. So he's an example to me of high conflict person,

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

lack of self-awareness, lack of flexibility, and they shoot themselves in the foot and it interferes with their success. He, I think, was close to that, but he had enough flexibility and he picked a team that pushed back on him and he liked that. So he's an example to me of high conflict person,

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

lack of self-awareness, lack of flexibility, and they shoot themselves in the foot and it interferes with their success. He, I think, was close to that, but he had enough flexibility and he picked a team that pushed back on him and he liked that. So he's an example to me of high conflict person,

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

probably not personality disorder, and successful because he probably had some traits of these personalities.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

probably not personality disorder, and successful because he probably had some traits of these personalities.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

probably not personality disorder, and successful because he probably had some traits of these personalities.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

So what I see is you totally have to look for the evidence, that you can't make an assumption, but if your gut says, maybe something's off here, pay attention to that, but look for the facts, talk to other people that know this person, see them in other situations, because there's incredible people like him

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

So what I see is you totally have to look for the evidence, that you can't make an assumption, but if your gut says, maybe something's off here, pay attention to that, but look for the facts, talk to other people that know this person, see them in other situations, because there's incredible people like him

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

So what I see is you totally have to look for the evidence, that you can't make an assumption, but if your gut says, maybe something's off here, pay attention to that, but look for the facts, talk to other people that know this person, see them in other situations, because there's incredible people like him

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

that accomplish a lot of really good stuff that you don't want to say, oh, we can't have him. Apple fired him in the 1990s, and he seemed to learn from that. He seemed to grow from that. People with personality disorders don't seem to grow and change, and that's their problem. They're stuck. High conflict people, they blame others. If they have some traits, maybe you can do a workaround.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

that accomplish a lot of really good stuff that you don't want to say, oh, we can't have him. Apple fired him in the 1990s, and he seemed to learn from that. He seemed to grow from that. People with personality disorders don't seem to grow and change, and that's their problem. They're stuck. High conflict people, they blame others. If they have some traits, maybe you can do a workaround.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

that accomplish a lot of really good stuff that you don't want to say, oh, we can't have him. Apple fired him in the 1990s, and he seemed to learn from that. He seemed to grow from that. People with personality disorders don't seem to grow and change, and that's their problem. They're stuck. High conflict people, they blame others. If they have some traits, maybe you can do a workaround.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

So there's many people in position. Surgeons are one group I want to mention briefly because as a clinical social worker, I worked in hospitals and dealt with doctors a lot. As a lawyer, I've represented doctors in their divorces. Several, I think, are high conflict people, but most aren't. And that's what I want to say. Most departments' heads aren't high conflict people.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

So there's many people in position. Surgeons are one group I want to mention briefly because as a clinical social worker, I worked in hospitals and dealt with doctors a lot. As a lawyer, I've represented doctors in their divorces. Several, I think, are high conflict people, but most aren't. And that's what I want to say. Most departments' heads aren't high conflict people.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

So there's many people in position. Surgeons are one group I want to mention briefly because as a clinical social worker, I worked in hospitals and dealt with doctors a lot. As a lawyer, I've represented doctors in their divorces. Several, I think, are high conflict people, but most aren't. And that's what I want to say. Most departments' heads aren't high conflict people.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

Most surgeons aren't high conflict people, even though they get a reputation for that. Police is another area, military is another area, probably slightly higher incidence because they're in a position where they can dominate and control people. But most police aren't like that. Most people in the military aren't high conflict people.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

Most surgeons aren't high conflict people, even though they get a reputation for that. Police is another area, military is another area, probably slightly higher incidence because they're in a position where they can dominate and control people. But most police aren't like that. Most people in the military aren't high conflict people.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

Most surgeons aren't high conflict people, even though they get a reputation for that. Police is another area, military is another area, probably slightly higher incidence because they're in a position where they can dominate and control people. But most police aren't like that. Most people in the military aren't high conflict people.

Huberman Lab
How to Deal With High Conflict People | Bill Eddy

They're professional people, they like their job, they know their job, they have empathy, they work with people. So even though some of these occupations there's a higher incidence, And that's certainly true for lawyers, I think. But most people, most lawyers aren't like that. Most lawyers I know are really committed to their work, really want to help their clients.