Jonty Skrufff's Blog

Leading Brit psychotherapist Nick Dufell published a new book Wounded Leaders last week in which he suggested many top politicians and business leaders are perpetuating highly dysfunctional cultures based on ‘elitism, bullying and misogyny’ because they were sent away to Boarding school as kids..... Continue reading →

"Getting out of it in a non-work, non-critical situation, whether on alcohol or anything else, is entirely the business of the out-of-it getter and is not for anyone else to judge one way or the other......." Continue reading →

"It's important – crucial – we learn to respect each other. That's what needs to be taught to young children in schools and to everyone else who doesn't know how to do it, through every means possible. When we respect each other we don't need externally imposed rules....." Continue reading →

"Personally I think even in this madhouse of ours, with rare exception, it's impolite to refuse an honour from anyone. Always receive, and be grateful must be the way of the well-mannered......." Continue reading →

" One of our shortfalls is we still think dialectically – we still want to see things as either this or that, black or white. It's a collective immaturity and I believe we'll grow out of it. In the meantime, here we have this apparent contrast between the super-slick on the one hand and the super-real on the other…." Continue reading →

I spend a fair amount of time around superrich people and while they're certainly more comfortable and so on, they're not necessarily loving life any more than those without all that wealth, and usually far less. Watch the faces on the deck of any super-yacht or of those boarding a private jet and it's rare to spot a smile among them……" Continue reading →