When I meet someone new, I want them to trust me as fast as humanly possible. I’m talking within minutes…seconds even. I want them comfortable telling me their private stories, their emotional weaknesses…not because I necessarily want to know any of this stuff, but because […]
Read MoreThere is so much talk about the newest and slickest techniques in persuasion that some of the most basic, time-tested and powerful rules are often forgotten (or never even learned). I’m not talking about the kind of stuff you learn in a course on secret […]
Read MoreI accidentally pointed my camera at this drug dealer, which pissed him off, but I was able to talk him down and have him laughing in seconds. Since I caught the whole thing on video, I have broken it down here second by second to […]
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