Rick Ross

And this group that I'm involved in, this church, this organization has ways to help you. Why don't you come with me to one of our meetings?" And bit by bit, step by step, the group brings you in, all the while lying, being deceptive, not disclosing what they're really all about, withholding the kind of information that you need to make a more informed decision. So this can happen to anyone.

You know, there's not an Ivy League school that I have not sat with a graduate of, it seems to me. One man that I worked with was, he was doing his residency after graduating from Yale Medical School when I met him. And I only talked to him for less than an hour. And he ran away, a medical doctor in residency, graduate of Yale Medical School. Wow.

You know, there's not an Ivy League school that I have not sat with a graduate of, it seems to me. One man that I worked with was, he was doing his residency after graduating from Yale Medical School when I met him. And I only talked to him for less than an hour. And he ran away, a medical doctor in residency, graduate of Yale Medical School. Wow.

You know, there's not an Ivy League school that I have not sat with a graduate of, it seems to me. One man that I worked with was, he was doing his residency after graduating from Yale Medical School when I met him. And I only talked to him for less than an hour. And he ran away, a medical doctor in residency, graduate of Yale Medical School. Wow.

He ran away in terror from his own father and mother. who were there with his grandmother to do this intervention. Years later, he would leave the group and get in touch with me. But at that point, that Yale Medical School graduate was not able to critically think. And I also work with a man who had an MBA from Wharton, and he ended up deciding to stay in the cult.

He ran away in terror from his own father and mother. who were there with his grandmother to do this intervention. Years later, he would leave the group and get in touch with me. But at that point, that Yale Medical School graduate was not able to critically think. And I also work with a man who had an MBA from Wharton, and he ended up deciding to stay in the cult.

He ran away in terror from his own father and mother. who were there with his grandmother to do this intervention. Years later, he would leave the group and get in touch with me. But at that point, that Yale Medical School graduate was not able to critically think. And I also work with a man who had an MBA from Wharton, and he ended up deciding to stay in the cult.

And I've worked with people that were Harvard graduates, graduates of Penn, all of the Ivy League schools, Cornell. Not long ago, I worked with a Cornell graduate who scored over 90 in the MCAT to be admitted into medical school, very high score in the MCAT, graduate of Cornell, would be accepted in any medical school practically in the US.

And I've worked with people that were Harvard graduates, graduates of Penn, all of the Ivy League schools, Cornell. Not long ago, I worked with a Cornell graduate who scored over 90 in the MCAT to be admitted into medical school, very high score in the MCAT, graduate of Cornell, would be accepted in any medical school practically in the US.

And I've worked with people that were Harvard graduates, graduates of Penn, all of the Ivy League schools, Cornell. Not long ago, I worked with a Cornell graduate who scored over 90 in the MCAT to be admitted into medical school, very high score in the MCAT, graduate of Cornell, would be accepted in any medical school practically in the US.

And he was going to go and live in an ashram in India and give everything up. And his parents brought me in. We did an intervention. This was about a year ago. And it was successful. And I can remember when his family was driving me to the airport. And for a while, we were alone. He was in the back seat, and I was sitting in front of him in the car.

And he was going to go and live in an ashram in India and give everything up. And his parents brought me in. We did an intervention. This was about a year ago. And it was successful. And I can remember when his family was driving me to the airport. And for a while, we were alone. He was in the back seat, and I was sitting in front of him in the car.

And he was going to go and live in an ashram in India and give everything up. And his parents brought me in. We did an intervention. This was about a year ago. And it was successful. And I can remember when his family was driving me to the airport. And for a while, we were alone. He was in the back seat, and I was sitting in front of him in the car.

And he said to me, Rick, you have no idea how bad it was. And he started to cry. And he said to me, they really had me. They really had me. And this was a straight-A student that graduated with honors from Cornell. So if you think that somehow you're invincible, you're the one person that is not persuadable, that nothing can persuade you,

And he said to me, Rick, you have no idea how bad it was. And he started to cry. And he said to me, they really had me. They really had me. And this was a straight-A student that graduated with honors from Cornell. So if you think that somehow you're invincible, you're the one person that is not persuadable, that nothing can persuade you,

And he said to me, Rick, you have no idea how bad it was. And he started to cry. And he said to me, they really had me. They really had me. And this was a straight-A student that graduated with honors from Cornell. So if you think that somehow you're invincible, you're the one person that is not persuadable, that nothing can persuade you,

you are not recognizing your own vulnerability to the extent that you have made yourself more vulnerable to a cult group or some person that wants to run a scam on you. And we see this with con men, multi-level marketing. I mean, look, there would be no advertising or negative political ads if people were not persuadable.

you are not recognizing your own vulnerability to the extent that you have made yourself more vulnerable to a cult group or some person that wants to run a scam on you. And we see this with con men, multi-level marketing. I mean, look, there would be no advertising or negative political ads if people were not persuadable.

you are not recognizing your own vulnerability to the extent that you have made yourself more vulnerable to a cult group or some person that wants to run a scam on you. And we see this with con men, multi-level marketing. I mean, look, there would be no advertising or negative political ads if people were not persuadable.

So what these groups do is they create a kind of synthesis of coercive persuasion, thought reform, understood influence techniques that they knowingly use, and they focus it like a laser on someone, and they break them down, put them in a position where they're in distress, or they believe that there's no way out. And the group then says, we have the answer. And then they change them.