Animal Spirit: Octopus
Motivational Driver: Moral Enforcement
Best Traits: Visionary, calculated
Worst Traits: Manipulative, two-faced
Scheming Asshole Profile
You were born to lead with vision, confidence, and an uncanny ability to get others on board. A master of perception and planning, you’re always five steps ahead, effortlessly guiding the game without needing the spotlight (if you want recognition you’ll plan for it).
Your ambition is magnetic, and your presence commands attention. Some may misread your strategic mind as manipulative, but really, you just know how to influence outcomes. You thrive in high-pressure environments and are never rattled when others crumble. Your strength is your mind; your gift is knowing how to make people move without them realizing they were moved. You’re the architect of your reality and everyone else’s. When you walk into a room, people know something important is happening. You're the puppet master the world needs to stay in motion, fearless, focused, and just a little dangerous. You are the empire builder of the personalities.
Famous Scheming Assholes
The Puppet Masters: Visionary, manipulative, and five steps ahead
Career Aptitude for Scheming Assholes
Political Strategist or Campaign Manager: manipulates outcomes with purpose
Corporate Executive or C-Suite Fixer: long-game visionary in high-stakes leadership
Creative Director or Brand Architect: controls perception behind the scenes
Scheming Asshole Architypes in Literature and Film
Frank Underwood in House of Cards
Cersei Lannister in The Game of Thrones
Vito Corleone in The Godfather
Lady Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Entertainment for Scheming Assholes
Games: Strategy games (chess, poker)
Music: Industrial and Dark Trip-Hop (e.g., Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails)
Stories: Spy thrillers, political dramas, documentaries on manipulation or con artists
Exercise/sports: Fencing, Chess Boxing, Martial Arts (Tactically stimulating competitions that benefit from preplanned moves)
Other Activities: Escape rooms, Reddit rabbit holes
Ideal Purpose and Life Journey for The Scheming Asshole
The ultimate life purpose for a Scheming Asshole is to learn to wield power responsibly using their gifts of strategy and foresight, not for domination, but for guiding systems and souls toward a purposeful order.
Along the way they will gain momentum and insight by mentoring emerging leaders, creating long-term plans (vision boards, roadmaps), and researching biographical information about historical masterminds that they admire.
Their successful journey begins with experimental manipulations of those around them, learning their limits and the limits of others, and learning which rules can be bent to speed them to their goals. It ends as a transformative architect that combines influence and integrity in building something brilliant for the betterment of society (or at least for those they care about the most).
Motivational Driver: Moral Enforcement
Best Traits: Visionary, calculated
Worst Traits: Manipulative, two-faced
Scheming Asshole Profile
You were born to lead with vision, confidence, and an uncanny ability to get others on board. A master of perception and planning, you’re always five steps ahead, effortlessly guiding the game without needing the spotlight (if you want recognition you’ll plan for it).
Your ambition is magnetic, and your presence commands attention. Some may misread your strategic mind as manipulative, but really, you just know how to influence outcomes. You thrive in high-pressure environments and are never rattled when others crumble. Your strength is your mind; your gift is knowing how to make people move without them realizing they were moved. You’re the architect of your reality and everyone else’s. When you walk into a room, people know something important is happening. You're the puppet master the world needs to stay in motion, fearless, focused, and just a little dangerous. You are the empire builder of the personalities.
Famous Scheming Assholes
The Puppet Masters: Visionary, manipulative, and five steps ahead
- Steve Jobs
- Kris Jenner
- Bill Clinton
- Margaret Thatcher
- Rob Mariano
- Niccolò Machiavelli
Career Aptitude for Scheming Assholes
Political Strategist or Campaign Manager: manipulates outcomes with purpose
Corporate Executive or C-Suite Fixer: long-game visionary in high-stakes leadership
Creative Director or Brand Architect: controls perception behind the scenes
Scheming Asshole Architypes in Literature and Film
Frank Underwood in House of Cards
Cersei Lannister in The Game of Thrones
Vito Corleone in The Godfather
Lady Macbeth in The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Entertainment for Scheming Assholes
Games: Strategy games (chess, poker)
Music: Industrial and Dark Trip-Hop (e.g., Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails)
Stories: Spy thrillers, political dramas, documentaries on manipulation or con artists
Exercise/sports: Fencing, Chess Boxing, Martial Arts (Tactically stimulating competitions that benefit from preplanned moves)
Other Activities: Escape rooms, Reddit rabbit holes
Ideal Purpose and Life Journey for The Scheming Asshole
The ultimate life purpose for a Scheming Asshole is to learn to wield power responsibly using their gifts of strategy and foresight, not for domination, but for guiding systems and souls toward a purposeful order.
Along the way they will gain momentum and insight by mentoring emerging leaders, creating long-term plans (vision boards, roadmaps), and researching biographical information about historical masterminds that they admire.
Their successful journey begins with experimental manipulations of those around them, learning their limits and the limits of others, and learning which rules can be bent to speed them to their goals. It ends as a transformative architect that combines influence and integrity in building something brilliant for the betterment of society (or at least for those they care about the most).