The Power of Personality 119 they acknowledge your right to be served. A smile from your boss means that she recognizes the good job you have done and that your overtime hours have not gone unappreciated. Your shareholder's warm smile and greeting tells you they are pleased with your performance. With all the benefits of a positive, likeable personality, you would think that developing this personality type would be on the top of our professional improvement lists. But it, like the other Powers, is sometimes waylaid by naysayers and urban myth...and by the "me first" syndrome. Kindness Inhibitor: The "Me First" Syndrome