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A look at the "Confidence Trick" Confidence is needed to be alpha, and everyone wants to be alpha. Confidence also opens the gateway to trick, and even to trick the tricksters. [This site](http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Confidence_trick) has some great examples of popular cons, the first of which I'll talk about. It is a very simple and straight-forward example, and I'm sure we're all familiar with it. The Three Card Monte is commonly seen with shells or cups, where you have to guess which shell/cup/card has what you're looking for (whether it is a pebble or a Queen of Hearts). The conman, who is hosting the game, will make sure you win. He or she will get you to place bets. You'll win some more and bet higher. Then, the conman makes you lose. You're in the negatives, and he or she is in the positives. The counter-measure is another form of a confidence trick. Being aware of this trick, you can con the conman. Make him your mark, so to speak. Quit when you're ahead, leaving the conman in the negatives. Your submissive role in your mark's game makes him or her confident, just like how you feel when you're reeling in a fish. The only difference is that you're a shark who's hungry for some canned human. **Counter-measure(s): don't play, or quit when you're ahead** **Lingo: mark (your target / victim)**

A look at the "Confidence Trick" Confidence is needed to be alpha, and everyone wants to be alpha. Confidence also opens the gateway to trick, and even to trick the tricksters. [This site](http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Confidence_trick) has some great examples of popular cons, the first of which I'll talk about. It is a very simple and straight-forward example, and I'm sure we're all familiar with it. The Three Card Monte is commonly seen with shells or cups, where you have to guess which shell/cup/card has what you're looking for (whether it is a pebble or a Queen of Hearts). The conman, who is hosting the game, will make sure you win. He or she will get you to place bets. You'll win some more and bet higher. Then, the conman makes you lose. You're in the negatives, and he or she is in the positives. The counter-measure is another form of a confidence trick. Being aware of this trick, you can con the conman. Make him your mark, so to speak. Quit when you're ahead, leaving the conman in the negatives. Your submissive role in your mark's game makes him or her confident, just like how you feel when you're reeling in a fish. The only difference is that you're a shark who's hungry for some canned human. **Counter-measure(s): don't play, or quit when you're ahead** **Lingo: mark (your target / victim)**