Plutarch's Lives, written at the beginning of the second century AD, states: "The first messenger, that gave notice of Lucullus' coming was so far from pleasing Tigranes that, he had his head cut off for his pains; and no man dared to bring further information. Without any intelligence at all, Tigranes sat while war was already blazing around him, giving ear only to those who flattered him".[i]We humans have flaws in our interaction skills and when they are repeated these fla