Knowing what you're doing is the most influential thing - learn about individual and social psychology. It's an incredibly deep rabbit hole. Applying it on the

Knowing what you're doing is the most influential thing - learn about individual and social psychology. It's an incredibly deep rabbit hole. Applying it on the field to "influence people" requires balls of steel and a level of smoothness you can get only with hard practical training; changing your goal to "using psychology to achieve mutually beneficial results" helps a lot. As for the learning, Wikipedia is your biggest friend, but don't rely solely on it. Always try to consider multiple opinions, sources. Don't forget that words can have different meanings in different contexts, that's very often the case in psychology so never trust yourself and always check, even if you are sure. Let's say you want to become more effective manager of a team - I'd start here and follow the links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_and_organizational_psychology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Industrial_and_organizational_...