Investing, Follow-Through Days, and Psychological Factors

“Machiavellianism is when people pursue in an interpersonally exploitative strategy.” - Dr. David Buss(click to tweet)Growing a business requires working with other people.It’s a fundamental truth that we’re sometimes unwilling to accept. We might think locking ourselves in our office to fine-tune the product/service helps, but the reality is that the business is only as good as the connections you make with other people. That’s why on today’s episode of The Tai Lopez Show, we are joined by world-renowned evolutionary psychologist, Dr. David Buss, to discuss the fundamentals of being a human being. With this information, we can go out into the world and more effectively read the people we work with. Professor Buss is the author of The New Science of the Mind, and currently teaches at the University of Texas at Austin. He has previously taught at Harvard and the University of Michigan, and today he explains the mechanics behind human psychology.Don’t forget! You can also listen to The Tai Lopez Show on Spotify! Click “Follow” and let me know what you think!“We evolved in small groups, and all groups have status hierarchies. From an evolutionary perspective, reproductively relevant resources always accrue to those with the highest status.” - Dr. David Buss(click to tweet)Points to Keep In MindHost networking events at your house once a month and invite people you want to connect withBullying is a massive predictor for psychological problemsMachiavellianism is a trait in people who pursue in an interpersonally exploitative strategyThis can be masked in charismaNarcissism is a sense of entitlement and skewed value of others vs. value of themselves (welfare-tradeoff ratio)Agreeableness is flexibility, patience, gentleness, and forgivenessConscientiousness is diligence, prudence, organization, and perfectionHigh psychopathy scores are void of empathy and impermeable to learning how to improveEntrepreneurs score the worst on dark triad testsNarcissism is tied to creativity and intelligenceBiggest red flags in long-term mate: high neuroticism or low agreeablenessHigh psychopathy scores are incapable of being fixedResourcesRead The H Factor of Personality to learn how to categorize peopleUse Dark Triad Personality Test to find out how people score on machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathyNarcissism Personality Test to find out which how you score on: authority, self-sufficiency, superiority, exhibitionism, exploitativeness, vanity, entitlementRead the 25 Cognitive Biases to learn what elements of human psychology to integrate into your adsLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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