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- Why You Should Say Which One You Like More, Not Which One You Dislike
- How to Establish Innocence to Get Away With Things
- How to Disarm / Calm Down Angry People
- How to Use the Heat of the Moment to Control Future Behavior
- How to Make Your Compliments More Effective
- How to Handle Being “Cancelled” by the Online Masses (Backlash)
- Why Your Communications Are Under No Obligation To Be Influenced by Others’ Anxiety
- Why You Should Not Exploit Favors Others Do for You
- Why It Is Important to Be Vocal About Whom You Respect
- How to Handle People Who Pry Into Your Sensitivities
- Why You Shouldn’t Brag About Your Big Numbers
- How to Act Whilst Meeting a Celebrity
- How to Determine What Others Hold Dear to Their Hearts
- How to Recognize Subtle Signs of a Victim Mentality
- Why You Should Label People to Be Early Fans of Good Things
- How to Make a Third Party Agree With You on a Disagreement
- Why You Should Never Take the Bait – (Scams, Frauds, Rackets, & Tricks)
- Why Foreign Terms and Acronyms Repel Rather Than Attract
- Why You Shouldn’t Be Too Harsh in Dismissing Unfounded Claims as a Skeptic
- Why There Are Pitfalls to Reintroducing Yourself After an Absence
- Why You Should (Sometimes) Publicize Your Failures
- How to Talk Someone Out of Dangerously Believing “Mystics” / Charlatans
- How to Detect People’s Hidden Ulterior Motives
- How to Address Criticism of Your Clickbait Titles
- How to Utilize Your Attention Effectively in Competition
- Why You Should Notice, but Not Expose, Others’ Mental Weaknesses
- Why You Shouldn’t Ask Onlookers to Back Up Your Opinion
- How to Make Gossip About You Invalid
- Why Challenging Someone’s Knowledge Is Effective in Gathering Information
- Why You Should Reward People Who Speak up When You Hurt Them
- How to Discourage Extreme Partisanship
- Why Claiming That Your Critics Are Projecting Is Effective at Silencing Them
- How to Turn Your Enemies into Allies
- Why You Should Agree With Excuses for Your Success
- How to Defend Yourself Against Malicious Video Edits
- How People Manipulate You by Regulating Their Presence (Flopping, No-Show)
- How to Recover From a Serious Mistake and Gain Respect Doing So
- Why You Should Be Charitable With Your Knowledge
- Why You Should Fear the Unknown Parts of Others’ Stories
- How to Discourage People From Exploiting Favors You Do for Them
- How to Not Incriminate Yourself While Getting Revenge
- Why You Should Be Careful Being in First Place
- How to Ask Questions Which Make People Like You
- Why You Should Be Calm When Introducing People to Those Whom You Disagree With
- Why You Shouldn’t Be Self-Deprecating After an Objectively Good Performance
- How to Handle Pressure from Your Audience / Fans
- Why Marketing Should Not Hold Power Over Truth
- How Pesky Attacks Can Bait You Into a War You’ll Lose
- How to Deal With Unfair Moderators on Reddit
- How to Utilize Expectations as a Method of Control
- Why You Shouldn’t Use Words Which Minimize Your Mistakes
- How to Limit Damage of Your Out of Character Acts
- Why Having the Right “Enemies” Can Benefit You
- How to Break Unfair Rules and Not Get Punished
- Why Having a Nice Carpet / Rug Is an Easy Way to Impress Guests
- How Giving Enemies Hope Makes Them More Vulnerable to Loss
- Why Being Average Is Good
- Why You Shouldn’t Discredit Those You Compete Against
- Why You Should Challenge Bad Arguments Which Support Your Position
- Why You Should Give the Little Guys a Voice
- How to Grow Ideas Into Behavior Change – The Plant Metaphor
- Why You Need to be Tuned Into the Reactions of Others
- How Master Manipulators Conceal Their Intentions
- Why You Shouldn’t Compliment Difficult Questions Before Answering
- How to Handle People Who Compete With Everything You Do
- Why You Shouldn’t Throw Your Phone on Your Bed or Couch
- How to Deal With People Who Take Pleasure in Giving You Bad News
- Why There Is a Case for Keeping Certain People You Know Separated
- How the Slightly Controversial Are Made to Seem Crazy
- Why Some Millionaires Drive Cheap Cars
- How to Relieve Pressure With Mistakes
- How to React to Terrorism and Discourage Future Acts
- Why False Accusations Are Interesting to Onlookers
- How Cursing and Being Brash Can Increase Your Influence
- How To Court and Divert Attention As Needed
- How to Encourage Others to Try New Things
- How to Sway People to Your Side by First Agreeing With Their Goals
- Why There’s Benefit to Framing the Immediate As the Past
- How to Win Against Competitors Who Criticize / Badmouth You
- How to Set Yourself Up to Receive Good Customer Service
- Why Calling Out Imitators Is Effective at Swaying Public Perception
- Why You Should Explain Steps to Break Commitments Before They’re Made
- How to Handle Being Turned Into a Meme
- Why You Shouldn’t Alienate People When You Criticize Them
- How to Comfort Those Who Said Too Much, and Encourage Them to Say More
- Why You Should Know, but Not Say, What Others Want to Hear
- How to Solicit Information By Socially Indebting
- Why Others’ Suspicion of You Can Be a Good Thing
- Why You Should Be Careful Talking About A Streak of Failures
- Why You Should Be Gentle Correcting Naive People
- How to Recover From Being Embarrassed – And Gain Respect Doing So
- Why Saying Things Implicitly Is Better Than Speaking Explicitly
- Why It’s Beneficial to Confirm Others’ Observations of You
- Why Teasing (Seduction) Is a Crucial Part of Teaching
- Why Victims of Oppression Grow More Loving
- How to Influence Group Behavior in a Practical Manner
- Why Magicians Who Admit to Magic Not Being Real, Are More Interesting
- How to Handle People Who Downplay Your Hard Work
- Why Those Whom You Distract Will Hate You
- Why You Shouldn’t Benefit off Vulnerable People
- Why Your Known Opponents Will Salivate When Others Criticize You
- How to Entice People to Want to Help You
- How Grassroots Movements Are Suppressed
- Why Censorship Rots the Hand That Wields It as a Tool
- Why Bullying Your “Haters” Often Backfires
- Why Being Respected is Better Than Being Well-Liked
- Why People Will Find Reasonable Fronts for Their Hatred Towards You
- Why Force and Coercion Are Not Solutions When Asking Does Not Work
- Why You Shouldn’t Retaliate Against Someone’s Irrational Negativity
- Why It’s Strategic to Downplay Your Experience
- Why They’ll Listen Less the More You Sing
- Why Being Threatening Is Counterproductive to Offensive Strategy
- How You Can Learn From the Enemies of Society
- Why Someone’s Compliment Is Not a Sign That They Want More
- How Destabilization of Discourse on Social Media Is Performed
- Why Compliments Directed at Others Aren’t Criticisms Directed at You
- How to Handle People Who Mask Ignorance by Taking Over the Conversation
- Why Giving Nicknames Is an Effective Method of Control
- Why You Should Encourage Others to Give Out Compliments
- How to Handle People Who Over-Compliment Your Success
- Why Fame Is a Trap – A Detailed Explanation of Unrelatability’s Poison
- Why Attacking the Person Behind an Argument Is an Automatic Loss
- Why Damaging Remarks Are More Painful When Shrouded in Kindness
- How to Discourage People From Getting Too Comfortable Around You
- How to Be Unpredictable and Use It to Your Advantage
- How to Be Blunt / Assertive / Straightforward Without Offending
- Why Narcissists Tend to Complain a Lot
- Why Behavior Online Is Shaped by Small Inconveniences, Not Big Walls
- Why It’s Good to Be Inclusive to Outsiders as a Group
- How to Win by Sometimes Losing
- Why You Should Admit to the Unfair Advantages You Possess
- Why You Shouldn’t Try Impressing the Unimpressed
- How to Handle Those Who Are Protective of What They’re Good At
- Why It’s Better If Others Defend You
- Why Communication Can Only Be Artistic If It Is Useful First
- Why and When You Should Expose Ulterior Motives for Others’ Anger
- Why You Can’t Force Others to Adhere to Your Directions
- Why You Shouldn’t React to Hate From a Select Few
