Introduction |
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1 Master Your Emotional Self |
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Step One Recognize the Biases |
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Step Two Beware the Inflaming Factors |
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Step Three Strategies Toward Bringing Out the Rational Self |
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2 Transform Self-love into Empathy |
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The Narcissistic Spectrum |
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Examples of Narcissistic Types |
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3 See Through People's Masks |
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The Art of Impression Management |
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4 Determine the Strength of People's Character |
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The Law of Compulsive Behavior |
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5 Become an Elusive Object of Desire |
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Strategies for Stimulating Desire |
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6 Elevate Your Perspective |
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The Law of Shortsightedness |
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Moments of Madness Keys to Human Nature |
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Four Signs of Shortsightedness and Strategies to Overcome Them |
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7 Soften People's Resistance by Confirming Their Self-opinion |
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Five Strategies for Becoming a Master Persuader |
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The Flexible Mind---Self-strategies |
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8 Change Your Circumstances by Changing Your Attitude |
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The Constricted (Negative) Attitude |
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The Expansive (Positive) Attitude |
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9 Confront Your Dark Side |
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Deciphering the Shadow: Contradictory Behavior |
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10 Beware the Fragile Ego |
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12 Reconnect to the Masculine or Feminine Within You |
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The Law of Gender Rigidity |
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Gender Projection---Types |
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13 Advance with a Sense of Purpose |
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Strategies for Developing a High Sense of Purpose |
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The Lure of False Purposes |
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14 Resist the Downward Pull of the Group |
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An Experiment in Human Nature |
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The Court and Its Courtiers |
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15 Make Them Want to Follow You |
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Strategies for Establishing |
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Authority The Inner Authority |
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16 See the Hostility Behind the Friendly Facade |
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The Sophisticated Aggressor |
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The Source of Human Aggression |
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Passive Aggression---Its Strategies and How to Counter Them |
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17 Seize the Historical Moment |
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The Law of Generational Myopia |
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The Generational Phenomenon |
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Strategies for Exploiting the Spirit of the Times |
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The Human Beyond Time and Death |
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18 Meditate on Our Common Mortality |
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A Philosophy of Life Through Death |
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Acknowledgments |
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Selected Bibliography |
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Index |
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