How can a person avoid becoming ensnared in a one-sided relationship with a psychopath?
Babiak: Knowledge certainly is power in this case. It is important to learn as much as one can about psychopaths – their traits and characteristics, and how they operate. Furthermore, one should learn more about oneself, particularly those things that would make one attractive to a psychopath. These can include power and control of resources (formal and informal), as well as any psychological or emotional weak spots or hot buttons that can be used to unduly influence you. Psychopaths don’t operate in a social vacuum, and those with whom they have worked or interacted can be valuable sources of information. You’ve written that once psychopaths are within an organization, they revert to their natural three-phase behavior pattern – assessment, manipulation, and abandonment. Can you briefly describe those three steps? Can you also describe the ascension phase? Babiak: In society, psychopaths exhibit a fairly consistent pattern of behavior. They identify targets (assessment phase), use them
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