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Here's your success mentor Darren Hardy.

All right, let's cut to the chase. The media isn't in the business of truth. They're in the business of making money, and they do that by monetizing your attention. The more you look, the more you listen, the more they make.

And what's on the other end of their puppet stream?

Your limbic system, the primal part of your brain that governs emotions and what ignites your

limbic system alarm danger or outrage they play your limbic system like a

flute hijacking your attention and keeping you glued to the screen page or speaker.

It's a symbiotic relationship of the worst kind. They get your time, they get your life force, and they get your clicks. And you get what exactly?

A distorted and perverted view of reality and an elevated stress level.

Here's the brutal truth. If you're a high achiever, entrepreneur, or

business leader striving for that success edge, you're the main course on their

money-making menu. Why? Because you're wired to seek out information to help you get ahead of the curve.

You have the habit of seeking out the information to make better decisions.

Ironically, this makes you even more susceptible to their tactics. You think that you're digesting facts but too often you're swallowing

sensationalism so if you think you're too savvy to fall for media manipulation

brace yourself we're about to unpack too savvy to fall for medium manipulation?

Brace yourself.

We're about to unpack the half dozen covert tactics

they use to play on your psychology,

distort your perception, and why you need

to be aware of this more than anybody else.

Here's tactic number one. Sensationalism and hyperbole. The trap.

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