How cults create an artificial personality in their followers and how you can do it too .
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How Cults Shape Artificial Personalities in Followers (and How You Can Too)
Summary
While the title might sound ominous, the concept of creating artificial personalities isn’t exclusive to cults. In our daily lives, we adopt various personas?"whether shopping, dating, or negotiating a car purchase. These different versions of ourselves serve specific purposes.
Keywords
Mind control, management, leadership, cults, JK Ellis
Article Body
The idea of cults transforming one’s personality seems alarming, yet in everyday scenarios, we often engineer our own personas. For instance, we embody different characteristics while shopping, dating, or buying a car, fitting each situation’s demands.
Cults, however, take this transformation to extremes. Family members might say, "This isn’t the Jack I know." Yet, the strategies cults employ can be adapted in many group settings as a form of management or motivational technique, offering broader applications.
Isolation
Cults often isolate individuals from other social networks. In a workplace setting, this translates to the mindset: "This is work. Leave other parts of life at the door." Conversely, one can adopt a "home personality" outside of work. This separation encourages distinct personas in different environments.
Enlist Them in a Cause
A powerful motivator is involvement in a meaningful cause. Linking the group’s success to individual accomplishments makes the cause more compelling, especially if the mission is presented as forward-looking and idealistic.
Define the "Good Soldier" Qualities
After enrolling followers in a cause, you can outline how they can best contribute. By establishing the traits of a "good soldier," you set a behavioral ideal. Affirm attributes they already possess while encouraging them to develop new skills and values, reinforcing their critical role in the mission.
Drill the "Good Soldier" into Existence
Cults use drills and exercises to instill these qualities, creating scenarios to test and reinforce them with feedback and correction. A management setting can employ similar tactics, encouraging individuals to embrace new personas through high standards and a balanced use of rewards and consequences.
Create a Group Myth
A cohesive group working towards a shared goal solidifies new personalities. By engaging members in collective activities, whether projects or field trips, you foster a unity and esprit de corps that strengthen the newly formed identity.
These tactics are applicable in both business and social contexts. If the idea of using cult strategies feels unsettling, consider that such methods are widespread across various situations. An effective manager possesses qualities akin to a capable cult leader.
The benefits of these strategies include creating a highly motivated team that collaborates effectively while maintaining a balance between professional and personal life.
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