The 50th Law (with 50 Cent)

Golden Bough, The (Frazer),
457
Goldman Sachs,
285
–86
“Good Country People” (O’Connor),
569
goodness, in self-opinion,
185
,
186
,
194
–95
gossip,
276
,
287
Graham, Katherine,
235
Grandier, Urbain,
59
–62
grandiose leaders,
311
–15,
458
“I am destined,”
311
“I have the golden touch,”
314
“I’m invulnerable,”
314
–15
“I’m the common man/woman,”
311
–12
“I rewrite the rules,”
313
–14
“I will deliver you,”
312
–13
grandiose victim,
308
grandiosity,
291
–319,
436
big talk and,
309
calibrated challenges and,
317
–18
childhood roots of,
305
–6,
318
concentrating energy of,
316
empathy and,
309
fantastical,
315
–17
humility and,
308
letting loose,
318
low-grade,
304
managing your own,
310
,
315
–18
measuring levels of,
308
–9
negative forms of,
308
practical,
315
–18
prevalence of,
306
–7,
308
realistic attitude and,
310
,
316
–17
religion and,
306
reverse,
319

---

Grant, Ulysses S.,
167
grass-is-always-greener syndrome,
139
–42,
147
Great Depression,
545
,
548
Greeley, Horace,
167
groups,
6
,
80
,
391
–437
authority of,
462
battle-tested,
436
–37
conformity in,
30
,
201
,
391
–437
court and courtiers in,
418
–19,
424
–32
Court Jester in,
429
culture of,
416
–17,
422
detaching from,
406
–7,
423
differences and,
424
dynamics in,
416
–21
dysfunctional,
431
–33,
437
effects on individuals in,
412
–16
elites in,
421
emotions in,
407
,
410
,
414
–15,
435
–36
enemies of,
406
,
419
–20,
422
energy of belonging to,
407
–8,
410
factions in,
406
,
420
–21,
432
Favorite in,
430
–31
Gatekeeper in,
427
goals of,
408
group bias,
30
–31,
35
group effect,
35
–36
hypercertainty in,
415
–16
insecurities and,
421
–22
intelligence of,
411
–12
Intriguer in,
425
–26,
427
large-scale,
423
lieutenants in,
434
loyalty to,
407
Mirrorer in,
429
–30
need to fit in with,
407
,
410
,
412
–13,
422
,
423
observing,
422
–23
open communication in,
434
–35
performing in,
413
–14

---

Punching Bag in,
430
–31
reality and,
422
–23,
424
,
431
–37
rituals in,
410
rules and codes in,
417
–18,
422
sacred cows in,
418
sense of purpose in,
433
–34
Shadow Enabler in,
427
–29
social force in,
408
–11,
422
social personality and,
391
Stirrer in,
426
–27,
432
success in,
418
suspicious toward outsiders to,
411
talking in front of,
408
tribalism in,
6
,
423
–24,
463
virtual,
410
guardrails,
494
–95,
498
,
501
Hadamard, Jacques,
258
Haig, Alexander,
237
,
425
–26
Hakuin,
198
,
381
,
514
Haldeman, Bob,
117
,
233
,
235
–37
Haley, Alex,
51
halo effect,
30
Hanks, Tom,
293
Hannibal,
352
,
515
hatred,
246
Hazlitt, William,
581
Healer,
464
health,
224
expansive attitude and,
228
Heaven’s Gate,
313
Hegel, G. W. F.,
537
helicopters,
107
–8
Hell’s Angels,
103
–4,
106
helplessness,
494
–96,
556
Henry IV, King of France,
522
Henry VIII, King of England,
439
–41,
450
Heraclitus,
110
Hercules project,
104
,
105

---

Hesiod,
283
Hess, E. H.,
90
Hester, Betty,
568
Hewitt, Isaac,
479
–80
Hewitt and Tuttle,
474
Hillary, Edmund,
70
Hiss, Alger,
234
history,
559
,
561
Hitchcock, Alfred,
469
,
555
Hitler, Adolf,
56
Hoffer, Eric,
407
Hogg, Thomas,
265
–68,
270
Hollywood,
313
–14,
417
,
419
honesty,
138
,
142
,
187
,
188
,
419
Horace,
244
horse and rider metaphor,
40
hostile attitude,
217
–18
hostility, and love,
494
Howard, Catherine,
440
–41
Hudson, Huberht,
68
Hughes, Howard, Jr.,
102
–10,
115
,
122
,
127
–28
Hughes, Howard, Sr.,
102
,
103
,
108
,
109
,
110
,
127
Hughes Aircraft,
104
–5,
107
,
110
Hughes Tool Company,
102
,
103
,
104
,
107
,
109
–10
human nature,
1
–6,
492
acceptance of,
39
evolution of,
3
–4
laws of,
5
–11
humility,
100
,
493
grandiose,
308
Humphrey, Hubert,
176
–82,
231
,
232
Hunt, E. Howard,
236
,
237
Hunt, Leigh,
265
,
267
–68,
270
Hurley, Frank,
68
hypercertainty,
415
–16
hyperintention,
388
Hyperperfectionist,
121
–22,
129
IBM,
433

---

Ibn Khaldun,
544
Ibsen, Henrik,
241
Idiot, The (Dostoyevsky),
96
Illustrious Women (Boccaccio),
321
imagination,
141
,
142
,
144
,
147
,
149
,
373
brain and,
141
imitation, mimicking, and mirroring,
51
–52,
410
immortality, strategy of,
561
impression management,
82
,
97
–101
inclinations, primal,
374
,
378
–79
induction,
140
–41,
146
–47
inflaming factors,
32
–37
inflaming individuals,
35
,
39
influence,
8
–9,
172
–83,
187
–88
deep listening in,
188
–89
insecurities in,
195
–96
mood in,
189
–91
prejudice against idea of,
187
resistance and stubbornness in,
196
–98
self-opinion in,
191
–95
strategies for,
188
–98
In Search of Lost Time (Proust),
345
Insecure Master,
282
–83
insecurity(ies),
372
,
375
,
493
aggression and,
491
,
493
–96
groups and,
421
–22,
423
of others, allaying,
195
–96
Insinuating-Doubt Strategy,
508
intellectuals,
536
intelligence
forms of,
379
–80
group,
411
–12
in self-opinion,
185
,
186
,
193
–94
internal saboteur,
498
,
512
internet,
49
,
502
see also
social media
Intriguer,
425
–26,
427
introverts,
112
,
118
,
119
,
128

---

narcissism and,
44
invidia,
274
invulnerability, in leaders,
314
–15
Iraq,
164
Iribe, Paul,
285
irrationality,
13
–41
biases and, see
biases
defining,
26
–27
fundamental,
24
high-grade,
28
,
32
historical cycles of,
36
–37
low-grade,
27
–28
Rigid Rationalist and,
252
–53
see also
emotions
;
rationality
isolation,
409
–10
Jackson, Michael,
143
–44,
253
Jackson, Phil,
433
,
436
Jackson, Reggie,
249
,
280
–81
James, Henry,
84
,
190
James, William,
54
,
211
,
225
James VI, King,
443
Jeanne des Anges (Jeanne de Belcier),
59
–62
Jester,
429
Jet Pilot,
106
–7
Jews,
85
Nixon and,
235
Wagner and,
246
Jobs, Steve,
258
,
259
,
298
,
378
,
380
,
384
,
388
,
457
Johnson, Lady Bird,
175
Johnson, Lyndon Baines,
95
,
117
–18,
172
–82,
184
,
190
,
366
,
417
Connally and,
172
–74,
180
Humphrey and,
176
–82
Russell and,
174
–76,
178
–81
Joseph (Old Testament character),
161
–62,
273
Journal of the Plague Year, A (Defoe),
581
–82
Jung, Carl,
213
,
242
,
260
,
335
,
354
on anima and animus,
335
,
336
Katzenberg, Jeffrey,
282
–83,
293
,
295
–98,
300
–301,
511

---

Kenko,
580
Kennedy, Jacqueline,
136
,
255
,
260
,
284
,
288
,
341
–42,
552
Kennedy, John F.,
146
,
179
,
231
,
235
,
284
,
332
,
342
,
417
assassination of,
365
civil rights and,
363
–65
New Frontier of,
553
Kennedy, Robert F.,
235
Khrushchev, Nikita,
57
King, A. D.,
367
King, Coretta Scott,
358
,
359
,
361
,
362
King, Martin Luther, Jr.,
356
–70,
376
,
379
,
387
,
457
,
463
,
467
,
573
assassination of,
367
King, Martin Luther, Sr.,
356
–59,
367
–68
Kirov, Sergey,
55
Kissinger, Henry,
233
,
236
,
238
–39,
425
Klein, Melanie,
112
,
277
,
278
,
495
Kohut, Heinz,
305
Korean War,
175
,
176
,
315
Kreutzer Sonata, The (Tolstoy),
64
Kurosawa, Akira,
379
,
552
–53
La Bruyère, Jean de,
183
Lagerfeld, Karl,
253
Langkjaier, Erik,
569
–70,
572
language, in influence,
197
–98
Law, John,
150
–51,
156
,
158
leaders, leadership,
308
,
406
,
407
,
410
,
423
,
432
ambivalence and fickleness toward,
438
,
456
–59,
463
authority of, see
authority
charismatic,
406
,
407
court and courtiers of,
418
–19,
424
–32
dark side and,
247
disdain for,
461
–62
empathy in,
458
–59
enemies and,
420
grandiose, see
grandiose leaders
masculine and feminine styles of,
354
–55
narcissistic,
46
,
47
as parental figures,
456

---

vision of,
458
–59,
465
–66
learning,
375
masculine and feminine styles of,
353
–54
Lee, Robert E.,
167
Lenin, Vladimir,
59
Leonardo da Vinci,
37
,
375
,
471
,
556
,
560
Leveler,
278
–79
Liddy, G. Gordon,
236
lieutenants,
434
life
and awakening to shortness of,
580
–81
connection with,
318
–19
death contrasted with,
577
phases of,
556
–58
philosophy of, through death,
578
–86
life choices,
371
life force,
229
like/dislike cues,
86
–91
limits, accepting,
310
see also
grandiosity
Lincoln, Abraham,
37
,
52
,
117
,
162
,
166
–68,
233
,
241
,
253
,
255
,
257
–58,
355
,
457
,
481
Civil War and,
166
–67,
257
Lin Sheng,
395
–96
Lion King, The,
295
,
296
,
300
listening, deep,
188
–89
Liszt, Cosima,
221
–22
Liszt, Franz,
221
Long-Term Capital Management,
23
long-term goals,
150
,
158
,
160
,
165
,
168
–70,
382
–83,
471
losses, sudden,
34
Louis XIV, King,
89
,
519
,
523
,
525
,
532
Louis XV, King,
518
,
519
,
532
Louis XVI, King,
193
–94,
518
–29,
531
–35
coronation carriage of,
521
,
531
–32,
536
Lovable Rebel,
344
love, and death,
583
love, falling in,
184
,
333
–34,
336
–37,
340
,
559
changes occurring in,
334
–35

---

hostility and,
494
Lustig, Victor,
96
Lynch, David,
463
MacArthur, Douglas,
176
,
314
,
315
Machiavellianism,
100
,
195
,
247
Madoff, Bernie,
96
Magruder, Jeb,
117
Mailer, Norman,
260
maker’s mind-set,
37
–38
Malcolm X,
226
,
517
Mao Zedong,
306
,
315
,
392
–406,
420
Marcus Aurelius,
37
Marguerite de Valois,
37
Marie Antoinette,
518
–19,
521
,
522
,
525
,
532
Marriage of Figaro, The (Beaumarchais),
193
–94
Martin, Billy,
249
Marx, Karl,
358
,
396
Mary, Queen of Scots,
443
–45,
450
,
451
Mary I, Queen,
439
,
441
,
444
masks,
72
,
101
see also
role-playing
Maslow, Abraham,
227
,
383
May, Rollo,
517
McCarthy hearings,
37
McCord, James,
236
,
237
McFarland, Ernest,
178
McGovern, George,
236
McNeish, Harry,
69
Mead, Margaret,
37
,
351
Meade, George,
167
Medici, Giovanni de’,
327
Merkel, Angela,
92
–94,
457
Merrill Lynch,
315
method acting,
99
Michelangelo,
283
microexpressions,
83
,
87
,
89
,
274
–75
microtrends,
166
Middlemarch (Eliot),
346

---

midlife crisis,
348
Mignon, Canon,
59
–60
Miramax,
296
Mirrorer,
429
–30
mirroring and mimicking,
51
–52,
410
Mississippi Company,
150
–51,
155
Mitfreude,
289
,
290
Miyamoto Musashi,
352
money, pursuit of,
387
–88
Montaigne, Michel de,
586
Montgomery, Ala.,
359
–60,
362
,
368
,
369
Montgomery bus boycott,
360
,
379
Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA),
360
–62,
368
mood(s),
455
baseline,
83
–84
influence and,
189
–91
morality,
115
,
126
–27,
142
in self-opinion,
185
,
186
,
194
–95
mortality, see
death
Moses,
139
–40,
457
,
463
mystery,
100
,
131
,
138
,
143
NAACP,
359
,
360
,
362
Napoleon,
306
,
376
,
432
,
435
,
466
narcissism, narcissists,
42
–71
complete control,
54
–59
couples,
63
–66
deep,
43
–49,
62
,
66
,
304
examples of types of,
54
–71
extroverted,
44
functional,
47
–48
healthy,
48
,
67
–71
introverted,
44
leaders,
46
,
47
Self-entitled Slacker and,
279
self-love and,
47
spectrum of,
42
–54,
66
theatrical,
59
–63
see also
empathy

---

negative bias,
141
Nehru, Jawaharlal,
312
Nero,
46
Nettles, Graig,
280
–81
news cycle,
161
,
166
Newton, Isaac,
153
,
155
–58
Nicias,
17
–18
Nietzsche, Friedrich,
41
,
200
,
289
,
370
,
389
,
437
,
583
Nixon, E. D.,
360
Nixon, Hannah,
233
,
237
,
239
Nixon, Pat,
234
Nixon, Richard,
117
,
231
–42,
244
–45,
255
,
338
childhood of,
238
–39
Colson and,
233
,
235
,
428
Eisenhower and,
232
Haig and,
425
–26
Hiss and,
234
tapes of,
233
–34,
237
–40
Vietnam War and,
234
,
235
Watergate and,
236
–38,
425
Nobel Peace Prize,
365
noble savage,
501
nonverbal communication,
72
–79
body language,
83
,
84
cultural differences in,
85
–86
deception cues,
86
,
95
–97
dislike/like cues,
86
–91
dominance/submission cues,
86
,
91
–95,
100
Erickson and,
72
–79,
86
,
91
evolution of,
81
interpreting,
85
–86
mastery of,
98
–99
mixed signals in,
84
and observational skill development,
82
–86
observing your own,
86
rapport and,
190
validation and,
410
see also
facial expressions

---

nous,
19
,
20
O’Brien, Larry,
235
,
236
observational skills,
82
–86
of Erickson,
75
–79
observing yourself,
86
oceanic feeling,
318
–19
O’Connor, Flannery,
562
–74,
578
Octavius, see
Augustus
Odlum, Floyd,
106
oil industry,
475
–78,
487
Standard Oil,
478
–85,
487
–88,
502
Onassis, Aristotle,
288
,
342
Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy,
136
,
255
,
260
,
284
,
288
,
341
–42,
552
O’Neal, Stan,
315
Orsi, Ludovico,
325
–26
Ortega y Gasset, José,
472
ostinato rigore,
471
Othello (Shakespeare),
81
,
85
Othello’s error,
85
overidealization,
245
–46
Ovitz, Michael,
296
–98,
301
Pampered Prince/Princess,
125
panderer,
462
Paramount Pictures,
291
–93,
295
,
299
parents,
424
,
467
,
504
,
540
as authority figures vs. friends,
461
,
462
children’s dependence on,
507
domineering,
495
,
504
leaders associated with,
456
parenting styles of,
548
–59
see also
childhood
Parks, Rosa,
360