“Life Code: The New Rules For Winning in the Real World” is a book written by Phillip C. McGraw, an American television personality, author, and psychologist. The book is a self-help guide that provides readers with the tools to identify and protect themselves from negative people, whom McGraw refers to as BAITERs (Backstabbers, Abusers, Imposters, Takers, Exploiters, Reckless).
The book also contains the “Evil Eight” identifiers and the “Nefarious 15” tactics that negative people use to exploit others, as well as the “Sweet 16” tactics for winning in the real world.