Fascination I have a degree in Psychology, and tend to look at the personality tests floating around the internet as nothing more than a scummy film of rancid entertainment. We’ve all seen them trickling down our Facebook news-feed: Which Game of Thrones character are you? Take the personality quiz to find out! Are you an…

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I’ve lived a life defined by fleeting passions. Or phases as one of my best friends recently put it. There was the chess, and martial arts, and long distance running, and snowboarding, and writing, and Starcraft, and poker, and rock climbing, and writing, and… Activities that I became absolutely obsessed with, pouring immense quantities of…

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[button link=”https://medium.com/@OneLazyRobot/the-six-weapons-of-influence-ff93c6522d6″ type=”big”] Click HERE to read the full article![/button] We all want to be more influential. Whether it’s in personal relationships, workplace meetings, or just in casual encounters we all want our ideas to be regarded and accepted (sometimes even implemented) by others. The difficulty is that everybody else wants the same exact thing.…

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Since it first hit the shelves in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, has been the definitive text in the world of influence and interpersonal dynamics. The only other book even remotely in the same league as How to Win Friends is perhaps Robert Cialdini’s Influence: The Power of Persuasion.…

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I know, you’ve been busy. I get that. The holidays are crazy what with all the reborn deities and fat men in red pajama’s riding enslaved reindeer, and.. and.. and… Stop. Calm down, take a deep breath. I got a little somethin’, somethin’, for ya. Close your eyes and hold out your hand. No? Okay,…

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