Surrounded by Psychopaths: How to Protect Yourself from Being Manipulated and Exploited in Business

As they say: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

If you don’t control your mind, someone else will.

Our society is run by insane people for insane objectives. —John Lennon

If you don’t think that anybody can love you, terrible as you are, then you’ll be willing to invite in anybody who shows you the slightest appreciation.

The only way to get rid of the fear of doing something is to go out and...do it!

Pushing through fear is less frightening than living with the bigger underlying fear that comes from a feeling of helplessness!

So how do you learn to live with fear? Answer: You do exactly what you're afraid of.

When you always complain that you aren’t feeling good and imply that it’s my fault, you make me experience paralyzing guilt. If, instead of lazing in bed with imaginary illnesses, you were to get up, get dressed, and do something useful for once, then it would allow me to believe that this relationship is worth saving.

If you’re Red, you’ll likely have already moved on to the next chapter, but could I ask you to consider my suggestion? You’re already painfully aware of how your feeling of urgency has worked against you, and your lack of interest in details has probably cost you a pretty penny. You know that you respond too quickly—sometimes even before you’ve understood the question you’ve been asked.

The term gaslighting thus refers to the tactic of completely distorting a victim’s sense of reality and making them question their own sanity.

Communication is dependent on the recipient. When the recipient has filtered the message though their frame of reference, prejudices, and experiences, what remains is what they understand. Regardless of what you actually meant.

the recipient. When the recipient has filtered the message though their frame of reference, prejudices, and experiences, what remains is what they understand. Regardless of what you actually meant.