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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 10

#10:    GET INTO THERAPY Finally, the tenth step for becoming a successful victim. If you have been following along up to now then it is time for you to advance as you are ready – more than ready for professional victimhood. You are now a professional victim and this means you’re ready to take on […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 9

# 9: ALWAYS FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE AND/OR POTENTIALLY BAD IN LIFE If you have been following along up to now you should already be pretty well versed with this step. And there are always the newspapers, the internet and all kinds of other media available to help you advance your capacity to victimhood. With […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 8

# 8:    SELECT A STYLE THAT WORKS BEST FOR YOU Victims come in all sorts of different shapes and styles. Only you are the one who is best suited to determine what style of victimhood is more to your own liking there are plenty of options available. What’s critical is that you decide on a […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 7

# 7:    MAKE OTHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR RELATIONSHIPS This next Step to becoming an effective victim logically follows from all the previous steps. This one is especially designed to have you work smarter as opposed to working harder. In fact it is all about getting others to work harder while you do little to nothing: […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 6

# 6:     CULTIVATE YOUR SENSE OF PARANOIA If you have been following along these past few weeks and are utilizing the various steps offered so far, then you are surely well on your way to a life of successful victimhood. You’re now ready for what may be considered some advanced steps – steps that will […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 5

# 5:     GET A MENTOR If you truly want to excel in your capacity for becoming an effective victim look for other skilled victims to teach you how to best complain, to grovel, and to hone your capacity to be a victim, and especially in how to complain with outrage. Learn by imitating these pros. […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 4

# 4:     SURROUND YOURSELF WITH REALLY “NICE” PEOPLE If you are serious about striving to become a highly successful victim you must be willing to exploit other people. Yes, this means that you must be willing to take advantage of others. There are many kinds of people you can take advantage of and they are […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood: Step # 3

Welcome back for the next installment towards becoming a successful victim. This week we address a crucial step, and one that will catapult you into the realm of successful victimhood: # 3: BLAME YOUR PARENTS!   The very cornerstone of victimhood is to blame one’s parents. Blame them for anything and everything. Run with it […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood – Step #2

Welcome back to the Art and Practice of Victimhood. This week we pick up with the second step.  #2: BE PREPARED TO SACRIFICE EVERYTHING. This step is where we begin to separate the serious and truly committed victims from the wishy-washy types. For those truly committed to a life of victimhood know it can yours, […]

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The Art and Practice of Victimhood

#1:      PRACTICE DAILY NEGATIVE AFFIRMATIONS. Welcome back. If you read last week’s introduction and are now eager to get started we begin with the first step of becoming a victim. For all of you who perhaps just stumbled onto this blog, welcome to all as well. It is my hope you, too, are excited […]

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