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# The Smartest Person In The Room Resources

Resources that accompany the book "The Smartest Person in the Room: The Root Cause and New Solution for Cybersecurity" by Christian Espinosa.

## The Smartest Person In The Room

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![7 Step Secure Methodology - Christian Espinosa](/__l5e/assets-v1/c80ca438-e270-4794-962c-9d2250bfcaf9/db9b2e9b64bf.jpg) 

## 7 Step Secure Methodology

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## Journey of Mastery

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## NLP Eye Patterns

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## Continuous Improvement Cycle

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## Running on the Hamster Wheel

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## Fixed vs Growth Mindset

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## 5 Languages of Appreciation

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## Mehrabian's 7-38-55 Theory of Communications

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## 6 Human Needs

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## Strong vs Weak Neural Pathway

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## NLP Communication Model

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## 5 Whys Root Cause Analysis Challenger Example

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## Push (stick) vs Pull (carrot) Leadership

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![Cognitive vs Affective Empathy](/__l5e/assets-v1/2f45dc79-bc4a-4af6-9bd3-c3e8be5b1a33/938fdc20c0a3.jpg) 

## Affective vs Cogntive Empathy Leadership

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## Cybersecurity Risk Simplified

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## Security vs Compliance

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## Top 5 CIS Controls

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## Affective vs Cogntive Empathy Leadership

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## Cybersecurity Risk Simplified

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