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In reply to the discussion: Trump restoring medical debt to credit reporting could "wreck credit for millions" [View all]Miles Archer
(20,674 posts)...I found it extremely disturbing that all of his ghost-written books included lengthy passages or full chapters on the importance of "revenge," specifically "striking back 10 times harder."
Napoleon Hill's "Think And Grow Rich" ... published in 1937...was the first major, mass-market "self help / business success" book.
He presented the idea of "Sex Transmutation / Sex Energy." Essentially, re-direct the energy from a primal urge that exists in everyone into business success, projects, etc.
Trump re-directs his energy into seeking revenge, hurting and intimidating people. He constantly shows himself to be beyond "needy," in constant need of reinforcement and praise for "accomplishments" that sometimes exist only in his mind. And, because he never gets enough, the "energy" is re-purposed into hurting people, which makes him feel as good about himself as he's likely to feel.
. He taught that this energy, when not used for physical expression, could be consciously redirected or "transmuted" into creative, intellectual, and professional pursuits, leading to great success, often after the age of 40. This process requires self-discipline to control sexual impulses and channel them into goals through activities like creative projects, work, and visualization.