How could the sweet, successful actress Allison Mack be turned into a perpetrator, an accomplice to a cult leader’s sexual abuse? I have followed the tragic and painful story of the NXVIM cult through documentaries and podcasts. It was a group that outwardly was about personal development as behind the Read more
I like to read several books in parallel for cross-fertilization of my thoughts. I am now reading, among other things, How Democracies Die by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt and the updated edition of Robert Cialini’s classic book Influence – the psychology of persuasion. In How Democracies Die, describes how Read more
“I’m the first to admit that I am very competitive and that I’ll do nearly anything within legal bounds to win. Sometimes, part of making a deal is denigrating your competition.” said Donal Trump in his book The Art of the Deal. The Scene where Ukraine’s President Zelensky is humiliated, Read more