Manipulation Dark Psychology to Manipulate and Control People

Guard Yourself Against the Manipulation of
Others
The more you understand about manipulation, the better equipped you’ll be
to avoid being manipulated by others. Recognizing manipulative behaviors
in other people will not only protect you against their influence, but you’ll
learn more about their goals, feeding your mind with information that you
can use to manipulate them.
It’s not hard to be aware of situations where you can expect to encounter
manipulative behavior. What’s more difficult is to always spot the ways in
which you are being manipulated.
A key part of this is understanding the goals of other parties and how they
are attempting to achieve those goals at any given moment. With this
information, not only can you recognize and capitalize on the behavior of
others, you can develop the ability to predict the future actions of your
adversaries.
This requires emotional intelligence, as it is absolutely necessary to be able
to place yourself in the shoes of your target. In developing this ability, a
good place to start is by assessing your own behavior through your actions
and learning to understand your choices from an objective standpoint.
Doing so will require some practice, but later chapters will cover that in
some detail.

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Manipulation Fundamentals
Without further ado, it’s time to get into some of the crucial aspects of
manipulating others. Thanks to the early chapters, you should now have the
groundwork to give context to the ideas in this chapter and form a general
understanding of effective approaches to manipulation.
In the chapter Methodology, you will learn how to use these ideas in order
to form a coherent strategy that will improve your chances of successfully
manipulating others, and achieving your goals.

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