Stressful Situations

I recently read an article that talked about how highly stressful situations are the prime causes of brainwashing...and that how highly intelligent people are the ones most susceptible because they don't think that it works on them.

Of course, the article was discussing "religious" and "self-help" quack and their special retreats where they have all days sessions of bright lights, little water, little food, few bathroom breaks, and lots of meditating on ideas.

Now, if this DOESN'T strike a cord with you, you have never been in an "all day planning session" with your boss and peers.

I honestly think that bosses purposefully schedule all day planning sessions because they KNOW that they can wear everyone down to mindlessly agreeing with them by the end of it, just to get out of the room.

And, I haven't been in one, yet, that isn't that way.