Every person has weaknesses and pain points, and pushing on them tends to throw us off-balance. Let’s look at what pain points are most often pressed by those who want to manipulate us. People have many weaknesses, and an astute manipulator knows them all. Let's focus on three general categories: weaknesses, needs, and fears. 1. Weaknesses. What's wrong with you: are you too fat, too thin, or...

Managing yourself means controlling your emotions and thinking with your head. It is an indispensable leadership trait. Without it, you are at the mercy of the group and all its stressors, losing your ability to act with common sense. A focus on yourself implies that you don't blame yourself for everything, but rather distinguish between what you can control and what you can't, and give those...

Anglo-Dutch Shell has announced appointment of Sinead Gorman as chief financial officer (CFO), effective 1 April, when current CFO Jessica Uhl will leave the post, which she held for five years, the company said. "Shell has announced the appointment of Sinead Gorman as chief financial officer with effect from 1 April 2022," the statement said. Gorman is executive vice president of finance for...

Elon Musk gave $5.7 billion worth of Tesla stock to charity. Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has donated $5.7 billion worth of Tesla stock to charity, according to documents filed by the billionaire with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). During the period from November 19 to November 29, 2021, the richest man in the world donated 5.044 million shares of Tesla stock, their value...

The term "elicitation" means covert drawing out of information. It is an effective set of techniques for influencing people's behavior. Information elicitation is a real art, and this approach is indispensable in the business sphere. Salespeople and entrepreneurs sometimes spend an enormous amount of time building relationships with potential customers. Many hours (and dollars) are invested in...

Credit Suisse's chairman resigned after it was discovered that he had twice breached quarantine rules. Swiss Credit Suisse chairman Antonio Horta-Osorio has resigned after an investigation commissioned by the board found that he had twice breached quarantine rules imposed because of COVID-19, the bank said in a statement. "I regret that a number of my personal actions have led to difficulties...

Microsoft has followed Apple in the wake of employee leakage to Meta. Competition for employees between the tech giants has intensified because of the development of meta-universes. Microsoft's augmented reality team lost around 100 employees last year, many of them to Meta (formerly Facebook), The Wall Street Journal reported, citing former employees and Linkedin data.  This is because a...

Sometimes your idea is so strong that you don't even think about questioning the reality of your goal. The problem is that others don't particularly believe you. So your task is to move them from "we can't do it" to "maybe we will" and then to "let's do it". Most of the most interesting things in the world were considered impossible before they were done. So, we need a result: one stops just...

Chinese billionaires have topped the list of wealthy individuals whose fortunes declined in the outgoing year, largely thanks to the regulatory efforts of local authorities, Forbes reported. The newspaper lists ten Chinese individuals who have each lost at least $10 billion over that time, for a combined total of $152 billion in losses. Leading the way here is the founder of e-commerce platform...