Words are one of our most powerful tools to create change, harmony and cohesive relationships. Commandeered by your workplace psychopath, however, those words are twisted and misconstrued.

Now in the hands of someone who is willing to lie, a person who does so, in the blink of an eye and without a moment’s hesitation, you are now on track to embark on an epic battle with someone who is both armed and dangerous. Even worse, it was you who gave them the tools, those words, to use against you to begin with.

It is in this moment you recognise the benefit of the old adage:

Children should be seen and not heard.

I started working for a large trade union in Australia in 2017. The Chief of Staff, a male in his mid-thirties, third from the top, became fixated with me from moment I met him, except I had no idea at the time. It is only now, as we trek towards the end of 2021 I realise his obsession with me will take years to dissipate and, sadly, there is a chance it will not, not ever.

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