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“Machiavellianism is when people pursue in an interpersonally exploitative strategy.” - Dr. David Buss

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We are all flawed.

But instead of trying to fix our own issues, we point the flaws in other people. This is an inescapable part of the human condition; it’s easier to look outwards than it is to look inwards.

On today’s episode of The Tai Lopez Show, we are joined by world-renowned evolutionary psychologist, Dr. David Buss, to discuss how to fix ourselves. 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.

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“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

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Points to Keep In Mind

Host networking events at your house once a month and invite people you want to connect with
Bullying is a massive predictor for psychological problems
Machiavellianism is a trait in people who pursue in an interpersonally exploitative strategy
This can be masked in charisma
Narcissism is a sense of entitlement and skewed value of others vs. value of themselves (welfare-tradeoff ratio)
Agreeableness is flexibility, patience, gentleness, and forgiveness
Conscientiousness is diligence, prudence, organization, and perfection
High psychopathy scores are void of empathy and impermeable to learning how to improve
Entrepreneurs score the worst on dark triad tests
Narcissism is tied to creativity and intelligence
Biggest red flags in long-term mate: high neuroticism or low agreeableness
High psychopathy scores are incapable of being fixed

Resources

Read The H Factor of Personality to learn how to categorize people
Use Dark Triad Personality Test to find out how people score on machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy
Narcissism Personality Test to find out which how you score on: authority, self-sufficiency, superiority, exhibitionism, exploitativeness, vanity, entitlement
Read the 25 Cognitive Biases to learn what elements of human psychology to integrate into your ads

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