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They use the tactics of [[Psychological manipulation|manipulation]] in their overall ''[[modus operandi]]'' and seek to rise to the position of substantial power and influence. They gravitate toward and exploit the excellent opportunities to gain self-advancement and the wielding of considerable power under the guise of service available in such endeavors.

They use the tactics of [[Psychological manipulation|manipulation]] in their overall ''[[modus operandi]]'' and seek to rise to the position of substantial power and influence. They gravitate toward and exploit the excellent opportunities to gain self-advancement and the wielding of considerable power under the guise of service available in such endeavors.

==Confronting erroneous thinking patterns==

==Confronting erroneous thinking patterns==

Individuals with aggressive personality traits are notoriously undisciplined and unscrupulous fighters who already from early of their development appear to have been overly ready to lash out while significantly lacking in so called "''internal brakes''." That's why their aggressive behavior usually needs to be confronted early on in their cycles of escalation, so that they have a fair chance at developing the ''mechanism of self-control'' they are so desparately in need of.<ref name="SimonCharDist">{{cite book

Individuals with aggressive personality traits are notoriously undisciplined and unscrupulous fighters who already from early in their development appear to have been overly ready to lash out while significantly lacking in so called "''internal brakes''." That's why their aggressive behavior usually needs to be confronted early on in their cycles of escalation, so that they have a fair chance at developing the ''mechanism of self-control'' they are so desparately in need of.<ref name="SimonCharDist">{{cite book

|title=Character Disturbance: The Phenomenon of Our Age

|title=Character Disturbance: The Phenomenon of Our Age

|author=George K. Simon

|author=George K. Simon