Dangerously Attractive

Nineteen short chapters for people who are kind to a fault and tired of paying for it. Part One explains how people-pleasing works and why phones, feeds and likes make it worse. Part Two tells the lives of eight people who held their ground under far worse pressure: Zeno after his shipwreck, Cleanthes hauling water at night, Epictetus the slave, Seneca under Nero, Cato and Musonius Rufus, Marcus Aurelius, and James Stockdale in a Hanoi prison. Part Three gives seven repairs, each one something to do the same day: stop auditioning, say a clean no, stop over-explaining, guard your time, pause before you react, build a life that doesn't beg, and let your character speak first. Part Four is about keeping it up when you slip. Written mostly to men. About 13,400 words. The opening note and Chapter One are free to read.

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