A manager is essentially a gatekeeper. They don't have to and shouldn't do anything. They merely need to be socially accepted as having good "taste". That they can spot greatness, grow it, and reject that which doesn't have it.
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Every book about a utopia written eventually starts feeling like a dystopia. That's what most management books feel like to me.
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The fundamental flaw of the Manager archetype is that by gatekeeping and protecting the keys to heaven (resources) they mistake themselves as the light of heaven itself. They don't see that if everyone in the world were good managers, then the world wouldn't operate.
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The fuel that drives them and keeps them on edge is the existential fear of not being 'worthy' enough. By controlling the keys to worthiness they tame this fear. Without people "below" them, this fear strengthens.
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It's like the sophisticated vampire. Superhumanly perfect. And sustained by a hidden blood sacrifice and thirst.
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Higher vampires will empower you if they deem you worthy, passing on the thirst. Otherwise they may just eat or toy with you. Vampires see only Zombies and other Vampires.
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TLDR; If your manager sucks, at least you know he isn't a vampire. If you've already contracted the Thirst however, you may need to move on and try to find your place in vampire society.
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