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It has been estimated that upward of 10% of the American public have significant narcissistic personality features. Most major psychoanalytic theorists see a continuity between normal narcissism and pathological narcissism. The extremity of the narcissistic personality disorder illuminates normal narcissism. In the DSM IV, 1994, the overall description of the Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) is a “pervasive pattern of grandiosity (in fantasy or behavior), need for admiration and lack of empathy, beginning in early adulthood, and present in a variety of contexts.” Including five (or more) of the following, the person with the NPD: 1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate achievements). 2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love. 3. Believes that he or she is “special” and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people (or institutions). 4. Requires excessive admiration. 5. Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations). —American Psychiatric Association, 2013, p. 669
Dangerous Charisma
Jerrold Post, Stephanie Doucette
Rhythmic Practice Rhythm is a fundamental music skill, and practicing your rhythmic skills on something other than your main axe is a good idea. It’s pretty easy to learn the basic playing techniques for a small percussion instrument. Lots of musicians I’ve talked to about practice play the drum set, too, people like Serge van der Voo, Erin McKeown, and others. The benefit of playing a rhythm instrument is that when you play, rhythm is your main focus: not notes or scales, just rhythm—the almighty Beat. It’s a refreshing change. Very few days go by that I don’t spend some time playing conga, djembe, or small percussion. Rhythmic practice is important enough to get its own chapter, which is coming up next.
The Practice of Practice
Jonathan Harnum
she really gave herself up, she sacrificed herself. She knew how to serve a scene or another person in the scene just so devotedly. She really had the most of that of anyone. As a result, because she made other people look good, she herself looked fantastic.
Live From New York
James Andrew Miller , Tom Shales
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