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Psychopaths have settled on a simple yet formidable formula that achieves this freedom almost every time. You’ll want to know this formula, either because you’ll want to use it or because you’ll want to foil it. It doesn’t work when it’s exposed for what it is.
So here it is, the formula for becoming an infallible legend in your own mind.
Lie about anything with a straight face: If you can do that, you’re free to be as inconsistent as you need to be in order to follow the remaining rules.
Never apologize, never back down: No cracks in your armor, ever.
Project: Whatever they suspect you’re doing wrong, accuse them of doing before and after they get a chance to accuse. Never let them turn attention to your failings. Keep them focused on theirs, however small in comparison to yours.
Feign umbrage, outrage, disappointment and any other shaming emotional response: Never miss an opportunity to make those who disagree with you wrong. Remember, you’re infallible; they’re wrongheaded about everything from beginning to end.
Face your choir, never your opposition: Never honor your interviewers with your full attention. Grant it only when they support you; otherwise, be dismissive and derisive, sharing a smirk at their idiocy as an inside joke with those who support you.
Say anything that revs and flatters your crew: Never disappoint them. Pander relentlessly. Keep them thinking that just you and they are living in a world of fools who don’t see it your way.
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