Happiness in this World

A patient who held an upper-level management position in his company once told me the following story:  he was interviewing a candidate for a mid-level management position and thought, on the surface, the candidate was a star:  enthusiastic, mature, intelligent, articulate, prepared, experienced, and visionary.  After consulting with his other upper-level management peers who also interviewed the candidate, hiring him seemed a no-brainer.  And yet, my patient told me, something made him hesitate.  Something about the candidate—he still couldn’t explain what—just “rubbed him the wrong way.” Continue reading…