The principles outlined in this section are some of the deadliest influence tactics used today. These tactics can literally give a social engineer powers to motivate people, move them, and cause them to react in ways that will put them in the social engineer’s control. The art of persuasion is the process of getting someone else to want to do, react, think, or believe in the way you want them to. Creating the motivation within a target is a powerful force; it is a social engineering’s superpower. Practice the skill and work toward perfecting it, but don’t assume you know it all.”]