"Setting up to fail" is a phrase denoting a no-win situation designed in such a way that the person in the situation cannot succeed at the task which they...
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theatrical scenery Setting (narrative), the place and time in a work of narrative, especially fiction Setting up to fail a manipulative technique to engineer failure...
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Sadistic personality disorder Self-handicapping Self-preservation Setting up to fail Autosadism Algolagnia Learned helplessness "Other Personality Disorder...
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prominent or authoritative figure Impostor syndrome Metamotivation Setting up to fail Tall poppy syndrome Orig. Hebrew (דָּג (גָּדוֹל. "Jonah ch. 2, vv...
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in the workplace Robert McNamara § Micromanagement Seagull manager Setting up to fail Toxic leader Toxic workplace Chambers, Harry (2004). My Way or the...
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cancer) Purplewashing Redwashing Reputation laundering Sanewashing Setting up to fail Sportswashing Pinkwashing (LGBTQ) French law on colonialism The Commissar...
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§ Season 4 (2004) List of American films of 1967 List of cult films Setting up to fail The Producers (2005 film) The Producers at the TCM Movie Database...
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singling out any party for unmerited negative treatment or blame Setting up to fail – Form of workplace bullying and no-win situation Straw man – Form...
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Nirvana fallacy Overton window Predatory pricing Selling technique Setting up to fail Slippery slope Negotiation § Tactics Australian Industrial Relations...
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(psychology) Red herring Red-baiting Red-tagging in the Philippines Setting up to fail Shame campaign Social undermining Swift boating Tone policing Tu quoque...
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No-win situation (category Metaphors referring to war and violence)
bind Dutch book Kobayashi Maru Morton's fork Preparedness paradox Setting up to fail The Scorpion and the Frog Two-body problem (career) Vladimir's choice...
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dependent on, or necessarily associated with, undesirable behaviors. The setting up to fail procedure is in particular a well established workplace bullying tactic...
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Moving the goalposts (category Barriers to critical thinking)
Just Keep Moving the Line", song Overton window Special pleading Setting up to fail Slippery slope Texas sharpshooter fallacy "Moving the goalposts"....
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minimal or no harm to other equipment, to the environment or to people. Unlike inherent safety to a particular hazard, a system being "fail-safe" does not...
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Self-defeating personality disorder Self-perception theory Self-serving bias Setting up to fail Kolditz, T. A.; Arkin, R. M. (1982). "An impression management interpretation...
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repeated reminders of blunders setting up to fail shifting of goal posts without telling the victim persistent attempts to demoralise the victim Destabilisation...
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Criticising their work Making unreasonable demands on workload (see setting up to fail) Sarcasm and jokes aimed at the victim Undermining them by over-ruling...
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lizardmen, and other creatures familiar to many fantasy/role-playing settings. The development of the setting began with the release of a game simply...
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A failed state is a state that has lost its ability to fulfill fundamental security and development functions, lacking effective control over its territory...
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psychology Kiss up kick down Mind games Negativity effect Occupational health psychology Passive-aggressive behavior Sedition Setting up to fail Workplace aggression...
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accusations) setting up to fail racial harassment psychological harassment threatening behavior or actions destroying self-esteem biased reporting indebting to superior...
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reputation, making it harder to get good staff and get new business. Victims reported: Unachievable deadlines (see setting up to fail) Excessive monitoring and...
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Startup company (redirect from Failed startup)
p95 "In other words, failed entrepreneurs will set up a new business with more and better know-how. Especially if they choose to restart in the same sector...
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Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty, first published in 2012, is a book by economists Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson...
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among other problems with their criminal activities, assisted in setting up the failed murder attempt of Edward McLaughlin. On the evening of May 10, 1965...
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promise that they always stick together. In the present, Daffy and Porky fail a home inspection when their landlady, Mrs. Grecht, points out a gigantic...
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published version of the game includes a board to track progress, role cards, voting cards, mission success and fail cards, tokens, and additional game-modifying...
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Blazing Star (redirect from You fail it)
Fail Went From Verb to Interjection". The New York Times. Retrieved June 20, 2012. Schofield, Jack (October 17, 2008). "All your FAIL are belong to us"...
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