Manipulation Articles

We believe here that understanding and recognizing manipulation is a fundamental life skill for any empowered individual who wants to enjoy a successful and happy life.

Emotional Manipulation: Recognizing, Coping, and Protecting Yourself

Emotional manipulation includes behavior that emotionally exploits, influences, or controls a target victim. Such as, emotional manipulators seek to influence you in a way that benefits them, while harming you. We review some common forms of emotional manipulation, how to recognize them, and what you can do next. 1. They Always Twist Things (Gaslighting) The manipulator…

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Great Leadership Is Great Manipulation: Jocko Willlink Case Study

Great leadership requires great manipulation. It’s a strong statement, but this website has a track record for opening people’s eyes to subtle (or not so subtle) manipulation and games people play. So keep on reading, and you will understand the dark psychology behind manipulative leadership. Intro Leadership is getting things done with people and through…

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8 Strategies of Office Warfare

Office enemies are different than “simple” toxic colleagues, or colleagues who play power moves. Power moves can come from anyone, even from friends sometimes. An enemy instead is an individual who has put you in their cross-hair.Either out of spite or because you stand in the way, they want to harm you.They want to crush…

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Manipulation: Techniques, Strategies, & Ethics

The definitive dictionary of power dynamics defines manipulation as: The act of influencing and convincing others to embrace beliefs or behaviors that advance the interests of the manipulator, while coming at a cost for the manipulator’s target(s) In this article, we explore: Manipulation techniques Practical examples of manipulation Manipulative strategies for personal success The ethics…

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