The document discusses the concept of grandiosity, illustrating how it involves exaggerating certain aspects of reality while discounting others. It uses examples to show how individuals misattribute power and overlook potential solutions in unsatisfactory situations. Additionally, the document promotes self-reflection to identify missed opportunities and encourages seeking permission for reproducing the content.

1. Grandiosity

2. Prepared By
Manu Melwin Joy
Research Scholar
School of Management Studies
CUSAT, Kerala, India.
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Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com
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3. Grandiosity
• Every discount is accompanied by
grandiosity. This is an exaggeration of
some feature of reality. The
expression making a mountain out of
a molehill aptly describes
grandiosity.
• One feature of the situation is
blotted out or diminished through
discounting , so another feature is
blown up out of proportion by
grandiosity.

4. Grandiosity
• When you sat in the restaurant
feeling hopeless because the
waiter wasn’t bringing the glass of
water, you were not only
discounting your own options, but
were also crediting the waiter with
the power he didn’t have, the
power to determine whether or
not you got any water.
• Your friend discounted waiters
competence and grandiose about
himself. He was taking on himself
the role of a judge and jury, when
he had neither adequate evidence
nor responsibility to do so.

5. Activity
• Think back to a recent situation in
which the outcome was
unsatisfactory for you. That situation
represents a problem which you
didn’t solve.
• Looking back again, do you now
identify a feature or features of
reality that you were discounting?
• Could you have acted in different
ways that you didn’t think of at the
time?
• Were you ignoring somebody else’s
ability to act in a particular way.
• Were there resources in the situation
that were available but which you
didn’t think of using?

6. Thank You

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