At least in writing and movies, Brits understand the psychopathic type, while Americans don’t. It’s reassuring to see that Canadians also understand.
Kirsten Hillman, Canadian ambassador to DC, grasps the type perfectly and accurately, and best of all she knows the right way to HANDLE a psychopath.
Don’t respond to every new insult and switchback. Roll with the punches and stand up again. Know who you are, know your values and purpose. YOUR PURPOSE NEEDS YOU TO SURVIVE. You will not survive if you react to every surprise.
Elbows up is the tl;dr version. I’m not familiar with the original hockey context so I’m probably missing part of the point, but from an outsider’s view it seems to be a concise summation.
I guess this shouldn’t be news to me. The BEST written description was in an unlikely place, the Canadian Patent Register for 1886.
There is another class, who are led on by a wild passion for the destruction of the old and the creation of something new. They need restless activity: their present condition seems the worst possible.
As a rule, too, they are very fond of notoriety. They are in love with crime. The pain of others is a keen satisfaction to them: its horror attracts them. The French revolution shows such types.
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