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Feb 2021
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465: Thomas Erikson | How to Protect You...

Jordan Harbinger
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Thomas Erikson is a behavioral expert, active lecturer, and bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots and Surrounded by Psychopaths: How to Protect Yourself from Being Manipulated and Exploited in Business.

What We Discuss with Thomas Erikson:
  • Not all narcissists are psychopaths, but all psychopaths are narcissists. So how can you identify the psychopaths in your life who don't act like the ones you see in slasher flicks and psychological thrillers?
  • What psychopaths have to gain from manipulating and destroying other people.
  • The insidious tactics psychopaths use to sow doubt and reap chaos in others.
  • How you can resist these tactics before they're used to ruin your life.
  • What to do if you suspect that you might be a psychopath.
  • And much more...

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Thomas Erikson is a behavioral expert, active lecturer, and bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots and Surrounded by Psychopaths: How to Protect Yourself from Being Manipulated and Exploited in Business.

What We Discuss with Thomas Erikson:
  • Not all narcissists are psychopaths, but all psychopaths are narcissists. So how can you identify the psychopaths in your life who don't act like the ones you see in slasher flicks and psychological thrillers?
  • What psychopaths have to gain from manipulating and destroying other people.
  • The insidious tactics psychopaths use to sow doubt and reap chaos in others.
  • How you can resist these tactics before they're...

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