Why Teachers Disempower You (Teacher-Pupil Frames)
Refers to intellectual power dynamics where the teacher is higher-power and the learner is lower-power and lower value
Power Dynamics
Social Power Moves are sneaky maneuvers people use to raise their social status compared to yours.
Power Moves Types
There are many types of social power moves:
Aggressive in nature, like Donald Trump’s handshakes
Covert and behind your back, like in social climb in absentia
Or neutral, like letting you wait.
Whatever the style, you can hardly go through life without someone being rude to you, pushing you down or trying to take advantage of you.
This is the section details and explains, with practical examples, what the most dominant and aggressive people out there do.
And, most importantly, what you can do to stop them and stand up for yourself.
5 Powerful, Yet Polite Techniques To Say “No”
Many people find it difficult to say “no” to others. Be it because of a lack of assertiveness, fear of confrontations, passive communication styles or …
How to Handle ALL Power Moves: The Silver Bullet Technique
For whenever you’re lost, this is the ONE single answer-solution for ALL (verbal) power moves
Why “Dating Like An Alpha Male” Is Costing You
The “alpha male game” is good and popular, but… Not optimal. This article tells you what’s optimal.
Why The “Growth Mindset” Is Disempowering You
Just as with “vulnerability”, you better not go overboard with too much “growth mindset”
Why Peak Attraction Is Really In The “Seductive Balance”
The law of optimum balance says that peak attraction is not at the extremes, but between the average and the extremes