This is understanding today's narcissist.

Brought to you in part by psychcentral.com.

And now here's your host, Christine Hammond.

Have you ever noticed how the most arrogant, selfish people seem to rise to the top of the food chain?

They wound up becoming bosses or managers or even at high levels of influence, these people can be very difficult to work

with. And once you identify them as being narcissistic, the good part about that is that they

actually are easier to work with than you could ever possibly imagine. One of the things to learn is

one of the things to learn is the tricks of the trade of how to

work with a narcissist, and that's what we're going to be talking about today. There are four things

you need to know in order to work with the narcissist because every narcissist needs them.

And if you meet these needs, then you will be in good company with the

narcissist and things will go well. And believe it or not, you will actually be able to work with

them on a daily basis, regardless of how they act and behave. One of the best examples that we have

of working for a narcissist comes from the movie The Devil Wares Prada, where

Merrill Street played this executive, who was just over the top and belligerent, treated

her employees in such terrible manners.

But yet, yet, we do see that some people are able to actually work with that and work

in spite of the narcissistic behavior that

she displayed. So that's what we're going to discuss. So let's talk about the four different things.

There is attention, admiration, appreciation, and affirmation. And while this is going to sound

exhausting at first, and at the very beginning, I will admit

that it can become kind of overwhelming to figure out exactly how to make this work. In the end,

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