What’s in it for me? Reclaim your powers of influence. Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider. Bruce Banner turned into the hulk when he was exposed to gamma radiation rays. But the origin story for your superpower is simpler than that: you were born with it. When you were a baby you were tiny and vulnerable. You couldn’t feed, clothe, or bathe yourself. On your own, you wouldn’t have survived long. But you had a superpower: influence. You used your superpower to persuade your caretakers to look after you. At first, your tools of influence were rudimentary. Basically, you cried a lot. But it got the job done. As a toddler you honed your powers of influence. Bargaining, charming, blackmailing, negotiating: you tried it all. You didn’t always get what you wanted. But often enough, you did. As you grew up, however, you may have lost touch with your superpower. Why? Well, we’re taught that it’s more important to be nice and to share than to get what we want. We’re not ta...