Who appeared to sought sycophants company and abused the use of it for what reason?”
Webster’s defines a sycophant as a servile self-seeking flatterer, a swindler. There is a world of difference between a good adviser and a sycophant, along with the services both provide. Sycophants are sought after today by those wishing to be told that they are correct in their thoughts, beliefs and actions. Sycophants are top notch at telling you what you want to hear and making you feel good about any choices you are determined to make in you life. There is an ulterior motive to the advice of the sycophant, he wants something from you. Most often it’s your money. The internet and TV are full of these people. Pushing all types of products promising to make you smarter, sexier, younger looking, even more favorable with GOD. You will find these people standing on top of mountains crying out to you that they have your answers, listen to them, (and give them your money), and they will solve all you life’s ills and woes. Their continued success is dependent on your not succeeding. They h
ENGLEWOOD, N.J. — Pop superstar Michael Jackson feared the ravages of old age, sought the company of sycophants and appeared to be abusing prescription drugs and cosmetic surgery nearly a decade before his death, according to a new book by a former adviser. “The Michael Jackson Tapes” breaks little in the way of new ground but the book by Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, based on 30 hours of taped interviews, provides firsthand detail about the performer’s excesses and obsessions. “I don’t want to be seen now,” Jackson confessed. “Because I am like a lizard. It is horrible.” Jackson died June 25 at age 50. His death is being treated as a homicide. The self-described “King of Pop” seemed to sense during the interviews in 2000 and 2001 that his life was winding down. “I would like some way to disappear where people don’t see me anymore at some point,” Jackson said. “I don’t want to grow old. I never want to look in the mirror and see that.” “He lost the will to live,” Boteach said Friday on NBC’s
