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8 Strategies of Office Warfare
8 Strategies of Office Warfare
Office enemies are different than “simple” toxic colleagues, or colleagues who play power moves.
Power moves can come from anyone, even from friends sometimes.
An enemy instead is an individual who has put you in their cross-hair. Either out of spite or because you stand in the way, they want to harm you. They want to crush your reputation, destroy your social status, make your life difficult or…
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Understanding Human Nature: Notes & Review
Understanding Human Nature: Notes & Review
Understanding Human Nature (1927) is Alfred Adler’s magnus opera on human psychology and nature, as well as one of the main texts of Individual Psychology.
Summary
About the Author: Alfred Adler (1870-1937) was an Austrian physician, psychotherapist, and one of the founding fathers of the “individual psychology” school. Individual Psychology holds that the driving force of human behavior is the…
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Pimpology - The 48 Laws of The Game: Review
Pimpology – The 48 Laws of The Game: Review
Pimpology: The 48 Laws of the Game (2007) spoofs in the title the “48 Laws of Power” by Robert Greene. Pimpin’ Ken, the author, teaches social strategies, manipulation, as well as dark psychology techniques to succeed in the pimpin’ business. But, ultimately, he also teaches the mindsets to eventually transcend and move beyond pimping.
Summary
About the Author: Pimpin’ Ken is a businessman,…
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10 Techniques Against Microaggression
10 Techniques Against Microaggression
Microaggressions include all the little annoying, daily power moves that you are not sure whether to address or not, and how to address.
Well, you should address them, and this post will teach you how.
First, though, what are microaggressions? Microaggressions are sometimes defined in racial terms, like this one:
If you let these microaggressions slip, you -and the people around- internalize the…
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Positive Cynicism: Turning Poison, Into Gold
Positive Cynicism: Turning Poison, Into Gold
Cynicism, in the right doses, is good.
But it’s possible -and easy- to go too far with cynicism. When that happens, cynicism sours your mood, hampers your social strategies, and caps your potential for success.
This post will help you strike a good balance.
Cynicism: What Is It
Let’s look at two definitions of cynicism.
Google:
An inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by…
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Life Strategy: The Enlightened Collaborator
Life Strategy: The Enlightened Collaborator
We already talked about collaboration as a life strategy for success on this website.
See for example:
4 Fundamental Strategies for Power: an overview on applying collaboration and win-win in life
However, we haven’t talked about who exactly is the enlightened collaborator, and what it consists of.
And we haven’t clarified why it’s superior to both naive collaboration, or cynic defection. This…
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Who's Pulling Your Strings? 7 Steps to Beat Manipulation
Who’s Pulling Your Strings? 7 Steps to Beat Manipulation
Who’s Pulling Your Strings? (2013) is an overview of interpersonal manipulation. Dr. Harriet Braiker, the author, discusses the manipulators’ motivations and strategies, as well as the victims’ “enablers” of manipulation, and how people can protect and free themselves from manipulative people
Summary
About the Author: Dr. Harriet Braiker was a social and clinical Ph.D. psychologist. She first…
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The Logic of Political Survival: Notes & Review
The Logic of Political Survival: Notes & Review
The Logic of Political Survival (2003) introduces and explains the selectorate theory of politics, providing a framework to analyze the power dynamics of politics, power, and leadership.
Bullet Summary
It’s not so much about good or bad leaders, it’s about incentives and aligning incentives
The population’s well-being increases once the leaders’ needs them to stay in power (usually happening in…
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How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable: Notes & Review
How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable: Notes & Review
“How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable About Anything – Yes, Anything!” is a positive psychology book teaching readers how to apply the Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).
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We all naturally tend to think in ways that make us unhappier -and more anxious and neurotic-
Luckily, we can change that and train ourselves to think in ways that help us to be both more…
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The Hope Circuit: Politics & Power Dynamics of Academia
The Hope Circuit: Politics & Power Dynamics of Academia
The Hope Circuit is an autobiography of Seligman’s life and work. It explains how psychology was revolutionized during Seligman’s long career, and how Seligman contributed to those sweeping changes. It also indirectly teaches a lot about the power dynamics of science, academia, and social-status seeking.
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Psychology was too focused on curing diseases and “not getting it wrong”, and…
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Psychopaths' Sexual Strategy: Marauders of Sex
Psychopaths’ Sexual Strategy: Marauders of Sex
My goal is to be the modern-day version of Genghis Khan. -The psychopath’s sexual strategy in a nutshell)
We have already discussed dark triad traits in relation to sexual success, and dating strategies.
For a quick overview:
Types of male seducers: a touch of narcissism is a recurrent feature in that list
What makes psychopaths successful with women: plus, what doesn’t
Casanova memoirs:…
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How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons: Notes
How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons: Notes
How to Keep People from Pushing Your Buttons (1994) is a book on cognitive-behavioral techniques (CBT) that help readers control their minds and state. Albert Ellis presents the ACB model as a technique to control one’s emotional state and prevent nasty people and situations from upsetting our mood.
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We all think (mental response), feel (emotional response), and act (behavioral…
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Cold Approach VS Social Circle (VS Tinder): Strategies
Cold Approach VS Social Circle (VS Tinder): Strategies
Cold approach, warm approach via social circle, or Tinder?
Which one should you choose to meet women?
This article shows you the pros and cons, together with techniques to use each one of them the way we like it: more effectively, and higher in power.
1. Cold Approach
“Cold approach” is defined as:
walking up to a woman who is a complete stranger, with no social ties and no social trust, with…
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King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: The 4 Archetypes of Masculinity
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: The 4 Archetypes of Masculinity
King, Warrior, Magician, Lover is a classic manosphere staple for men looking into self-development. It mixes solid psychology with religion, myth, and self-development practices to teach men how to become the best possible version of masculinity.
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One picture is worth a thousand words:
Source: https://stottilien.com/
Summary
About the Authors: Wikipedia describes Robert Louis Moore…
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10 Nasty Games Women Play (Women, Stop These!)
10 Nasty Games Women Play (Women, Stop These!)
This article focuses on nasty and manipulative games women play during dating and courtship.
But for a broader understanding, keep in mind we already discussed mind games women play on this website.
For a quick overview:
Games women play: an overview of some of the major dating games women play
Games women play to get relationships: the games women play when you’ve been dating or having sex for a…
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Ultralearning: 9 Steps to Mastery (Scott Young)
Ultralearning: 9 Steps to Mastery (Scott Young)
Ultra Learning (2019), lays out a strategy for acquiring skills and knowledge in a way that is both self-directed and intense. Scott Young, the author, explains that it’s a strategy to get good at something as quickly as possible.
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Ultralearning is a strategy to learn as quickly and as effectively as possible to cut your time short on your way to mastery
Ultralearning can be…
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The Definitive Dictionary of Power: Terms & Definitions
The Definitive Dictionary of Power: Terms & Definitions
Affiliate scams: reviewers sort and rate products not based on quality, but based on how much money they will make from each entries. Keep in mind this might be a majority of online reviews. Some online review sites allow for users’ reviews to be published to provide a semblance of truth, but in reality, fake, edit and censor the user reviews to provide. Examples: See an example here and here(whic…
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