But many doctors have become so resistant to criticism that it becomes hard for them to acknowledge their mistakes and change their behavior. That's where a peculiar professional handicap comes into play. Children learn how to beg, borrow, and steal at an early age. They also learn how to lie and bully other people. Once they have achieved a certain amount of success with such techniques, they take great pleasure in wielding their power over others.
Power has an intoxicating effect on a person's ego.
And when children become adults, the dysfunctional forms of behavior they learned in childhood tend to blossom in the workplace. Children who were pampered and spoiled by their parents turn into adults who expect co-workers to pick up after them. Children who were cruel in school frequently turn into adults who are abusive in the workplace. Children who cheated on exams and paid others to write their term papers grow into adults who have little concern for professional ethics. Children who learned how to manipulate others by lying, withholding affection, or throwing temper tantrums grow into adults who thrive on backstabbing office politics.