Another path to authority traveled by Brinkley was placement of self in environments conducive to it. The very act of standing up on a stage in front of an audience and confidently and persuasively delivering a presentation has always given that person a grant of authority from the assembled audience, and always will. People have been conditioned from childhood to see such persons as authority figures. They’ve had twelve or more years of school, sitting and listening to their teachers, compelled to learn, memorize and agree with the teachers’ presentations—quite often of mere opinions as
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