The Totally Enlightened Guide to Status, Sex, Money and Power
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The Totally Enlightened Guide to Status, Sex, Money and Power
The insatiable goals to acquire more, succeed conspicuously, and be as attractive as possible lead us to objectify one another, and even ourselves. When people see themselves as little more than their attractive bodies, jobs, or bank accounts, it brings great suffering…You become a heartless taskmaster to yourself, seeing yourself as nothing more
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Seven rules of the status game
Practice warmth, sincerity, and competence. People ask two fundamental questions of others they encounter: What are their intentions? What is their capacity to pursue them? When we’re warm. we imply we won’t use dominance, when we’re sincere we imply we’ll play fairly, and when competent, that we’ll be useful to the