Sublime

Hammett devised this parable, one may conjecture, to justify himself. Charles Flitcraft is a critique of everything Hammett had rejected in his life and work. Flitcraft’s casual and cruel abandonment of his family, and the equally casual and cruel creation of a new family, is Hammett’s judgment on those outwardly contented human beings, endlessly

He was supposed to be the best, a master PUA who specialized in bisexual women. His garish style of dress, like that of a Vegas lounge lizard, was one of the inspirations for Mystery’s peacock theory. Rick H. was short, slightly stocky, and dressed in a large-collared shirt and a red blazer. Trailing behind him were six attraction adepts eager to

But I do believe that there is some number of people in every organization and every life who will be routinely “let go” if leadership is doing its stewardship job. The very nature of people is that there are some good ones who are not right for you, some sick ones in denial who are not going to change, and some who are adding nothing. Always.