> It's scary how they can use a combination of charisma, drive and self delusion to relieve others (including their co-workers) of their contributions, line the

> It's scary how they can use a combination of charisma, drive and self delusion to relieve others (including their co-workers) of their contributions, line their pockets with cash and move on before the crash. They are also very good at discrediting those who try to expose their fraud. I've dealt with people like Cheiky (albeit on a much smaller scale than him). As soon as I expressed skepticism in their idea, they knew how to respond to prevent that skepticism from spreading to other people. They immediately moved to discredit the person trying to discredit them. And even after the house of cards does fall down, those who believed in them continue to believe that it wasn't the charismatic person's fault that it all failed.