The Importance of Understanding the Stirrer

Powerful people never waste time. Outwardly they may play along with the game, pretending the power is shared among many but inwardly they keep their eyes on the inevitable few in the group who hold the cards. Dr. Milton H. Erickson found that if the family dynamic was unsettled and dysfunctional, there was inevitably one person who was the stirrer or troublemaker. With the leader gone, the center of gravity is gone. There is nothing to revolve around and everything falls apart. The way to seduce others is to operate on their individual psychologies and weaknesses.