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We’re called SDM. Sonic Death Monkey.” “‘Sonic Death Monkey.’” “What do you think? Dick likes it.” “Barry, you’re over thirty years old. You owe it to yourself and to your friends and to your mum and dad not to sing in a group called Sonic Death Monkey.” “I owe it to myself to go out on the edge, Rob, and this group really does go out on the edge. Over it, in fact.” “You’ll be going fucking right over it if you come anywhere near me next Friday night.” “That’s what we want. Reaction. And if Laura’s bourgeois lawyer friends can’t take it, then fuck ’em. Let ’em riot, we can handle it. We’ll be ready.” He gives what he fondly imagines to be a demonic, drug-crazed chuckle.
Sociopaths fight hard for what they want and are inclined to employ devious tactics. In their effort to win at all costs, they may appear to become unhinged when, for example, they try and fail to wiggle out of a contractual obligation. In his effort to evade responsibility and increase his portion, a factory owner may become emotional. He may appear to us on the verge of tears, or he may raise his voice in anger. Threats that started off as veiled will become more lucid, and as the heat level of the conflict builds, the foreign team will become increasingly nervous about tensions reaching a crescendo. Seeing that the factory man is ambitious in the extreme, we presume he will explode if he does not get his way, yet this does not happen. After a point, understanding that the pressure to honor his obligations are significant and satisfied that he gave wiggling out of them a good shot, he simply shrugs his shoulders, cedes the round, and begins planning for the next transactional challenge.
What's Wrong With China
Paul Midler
Inner strengths such as happiness and resilience come mainly from positive experiences. But unless we pay mindful, sustained attention to them, most positive experiences flow through our brains like water through a sieve. They’re momentarily pleasant but leave little lasting value in terms of changing neural structure. The brain is like Velcro for negative experiences but Teflon for positive ones.
Hardwiring Happiness
Rick Hanson
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