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Outsmarting a Sociopath

In the classic film “Tombstome,” Wyatt Earp asks why Ringo behaves the way he does. Doc Holliday responds, “A man like Ringo had a great empty hole right through the middle of him. He can never kill enough, steal enough, or inflict enough pain to ever fill it.” Ringo was a sociopath.

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Sociopath Next Door, Pt. 2

Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door

In Martha Stout’s Outsmarting the Sociopath Next Door, she describes in detail the strategies used by sociopaths to manipulate nice people when their callous and sometimes criminal behavior is challenged.

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Sociopath Next Door

This book by Martha Stout impacted me so much that I gave copies to all my close relatives. It’s important to me that my loved ones know one when they see one.

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Listen!

Listening is a skill.

The best way to let the person you’re conversing with know that you heard what they said is to paraphrase what you heard.

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Creating Endowments

Napoleon Hill, the author of classic books on prosperity, said, “You give before you get.” Wealth gurus and spiritual guides profess that giving a portion of your wealth, typically 10%, leads to wealth and spiritual growth.

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