Hello (Cite Contribution),
The article on
hubris is very interesting. I am sure more of such studies will surface. It is currently focussing on the behaviours already exhibited by people. Perhaps when they collect more statistical evidences, they would be successful in predictions also. Certainly there is a long way to go.
However time honoured value systems should come to the fore in such difficult situations. In my view
belongingness is a more fundamental concept. Successful people learn and grow with that attribute. It stands in good stead for them during bad times. They say while Managers prefer more of
I Leaders stress on
WE.
Adversity brings the best from a Leader, while the ordinary succumb to the pressures of the situation. Those with iron will emanate their Leadership qualities.
Travelling back in time,during the peak days of Second World War England was battered by German attack on all fronts.There is a motivating speech by the then Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill and it is enclosed for the benefit of all the readers.
V.Raghunathan