Persuasion vs. Manipulation: Understanding the Fine Line
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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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How Storytelling Reveals Who’s NOT A Friend: 5 Red Flags
Using a story to covert-brag can be fair. But if the covert brag involves you looking bad and your “friend” looking great by comparison, well, that’s a nasty power move. We call it “nasty social climbing”.And it’s when someone uses you as a “social peg” to reach higher (while they push you lower). Let’s see…
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How to Be An Alpha Male In 10 Simple Steps
Want to know how to become an alpha male? We built this website for that! This step-by-step guide will show you exactly how to become an alpha male. But first, a warning: To become an alpha male you must start from the truth of what it truly takes to be an alpha male. We generally…
Start With Advanced Material For Most Effective Learning
The common advice to maximize learning is this: Always start from the basics. And while that’s sometimes true, often the opposite is true. In this article, we show you often learn faster and better by doing the opposite.Such as: it’s often better for you to start from the more advanced material. Call it a cascading,…
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Schwarzenegger Showdown: “I Don’t Stand By Your Rules”
“I don’t stay with your rules”, Said Schwarzenegger to the interviewer. And that was the culumination of the mini power showdown. Power showdowns happen when you stick to your preferred outcome or frame, and the people you’re dealing with do the same. Then, the escalation continues until either one of you gives in, or until…
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