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Generation Hustle on HBOMax is one of many
TV shows about con "artists" are very popular now, right up there with murder mysteries. A weekend of bingeing gives one a pretty good education on the art of the con.
Con men. Short for CONFIDENCE men. It is the one thing they all have in common. Man, woman, or child (as in 12 year old walking on earth Gods), believe in themselves. Maybe a side "affect" of narcissistic personalities, or something on the sociopath yellow brick road. We have often mentioned Blair Warren, who has a really good introductory course into the black arts of persuasion; FORBIDDEN KEYS TO PERSUASION. Con persons (lets include the ladies, a ME TOO subset), are for the most part Natural people readers, although, they don't so much as cold read as cold project. It is about THEM, hardly ever about you. Which is a part of the reason why the brush off can be effective. I think there are very FEW learned con artists, those who have studied the persuasive arts and sciences seldom go down that path, they don't need to. Also, controversy is an integral part of gaining our attention, almost all of media is built upon it. IF IT BLEEDS IT LEDES has been the media mantra since Hearst, et al, set up shop. Thanks Dien for the share, I'll put this on my reading list. And I think you are right, DELIVER the goods may be the difference between a really good salesperson/persuader and a confidence artist. Maybe most are confidence journeyman, haven't reached the artist stage yet. Gordon PS A new TV show, The CON ARTIST APPRENTICE. Just a rumor, but.... Quote:
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