For readersThe Business of Knowing Where It Hurts
An essay on listening, desire, and the education your money is already paying for.
22 min readAudio
Essays
Essays by Stan Taylor on power, persuasion and the people who use them.
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For readersConversational Narcissism: The Cannibal at the Table
Why you keep consuming the people in front of you to fill a hole dug in childhood.
18 min readAudio
The Covert Narcissist: How to Recognize the Hidden Predator
The covert narcissist is dangerous precisely because the disguise is weakness.
12 min readAudio
A Lesson in Power Dynamics at Work
See how getting good at your job switches off the brain circuit that reads power.
15 min readAudio
Self-Sabotage: Why You Do It and How to Kill the Pattern
You don't lack discipline. You're running a program that trades your future for a small, guaranteed hit of safety.
9 min readAudio
An Education in Disappearing for Others
Why does being useful feel like the surest way to be loved?
21 min readAudio
10 Signs of Manipulation (and the Counter for Each)
The ten tells a professional manipulator hopes you never learn, and the counter for each.
10 min readAudio
Why the 'Smartest' Person Builds Nothing
Why does the 'smartest' person in the room tend to build nothing?
19 min readAudio
Dark Psychology: The Complete Guide (From Someone Who Used It)
What dark psychology actually is, from someone who ran the machinery for 23 years.
14 min readAudio
When Therapy Needs You to Stay Broken
In reading this, you will meet the one product the industry cannot afford to cure: the perpetual patient.
11 min readAudio
How to Deal With a Narcissist Without Losing Yourself
You cannot change a narcissist. You can become the person their tactics no longer work on.
10 min readAudio
Threshold Addiction: The Dopamine of "Almost"
Why does planning feel better than doing?
8 min readAudio
The 9 Best Dark Psychology Books, Ranked by Someone Who Lived It
Nine dark psychology books ranked by someone who ran the plays for 23 years, and what each one will not tell you.
9 min readAudio
For readersAm I the Toxic One? An Honest Diagnostic
Close the wound or bleed to death believing your emotional hemorrhaging is holy.
17 min readAudio
What Is a Dark Empath? Traits, Signs, and the Real Danger
The dark empath is dangerous precisely because empathy was supposed to be the safety feature.
10 min readAudio
For readersHow To Manipulate a Narcissist
Why does this person make me feel like I'm losing my mind?
21 min readAudio
The 12 Traits of a Narcissist and What They Reveal
Twelve traits, one mission: defending a self-image that must never be questioned.
8 min readAudio
How to Stop Being a People Pleaser: A Final Warning
Is this really who you are, or just who you learned to be to survive?
24 min readAudio
The 48 Laws of Power: Summary, Full List & Honest Review
All 48 laws in one table, plus the honest review from someone who ran these plays for a living.
11 min readAudio
How to Stop People Pleasing: 7 Steps That Actually Hold
People pleasing is a survival program, and here are 7 steps to shut it down.
9 min readAudio
What Is Loss Aversion?
Why is it so much easier to stand still than to change, even when standing still means slow decay?
10 min readAudio
"Be Yourself" Is Terrible Advice
What if the one piece of advice everyone agrees on is actually destroying your life?
19 min readAudio
Why Do I Self-Sabotage?
Why do I always feel compelled to burn down the good things I build?
9 min readAudio