Posts to help with manipulation
Better Boundaries: How Do I Convince People to Accept My Answer?
Setting boundaries can be tough. What do you do when your answer is “no”, but the other person won’t accept it? You’ve explained your situation, you’ve apologized for the inconvenience (or whatever problem your refusal has apparently caused) … you’ve even commiserated about how tough this is. But he or she just won’t budge.
How Your Personality Type Affects Your Response to Manipulation
According to Carl Jung (and a whole lot of folks after him), each of has a particular personality type. These types can be categorized into four "temperaments", and they have a major impact on the way we respond to manipulation. It seems we’re all...
Lies: The Secret Weapon of Manipulation
As I mentioned in Ever Feel Manipulated?, manipulative people rely on lies. Once you see through them, manipulation can no longer succeed. So let’s look at some of the most popular types of lies; some of them may surprise you. Lies about consequences:...
Why Can’t They Take NO for an Answer
Someone once found my website by asking Google the question, “Why can’t some people take no for an answer?” This got me thinking about the many misconceptions we have about setting boundaries, and I thought it might be nice to share some of them....
Ever Felt Manipulated?
Have you ever felt manipulated? I know I have. I used to wonder how manipulators got away with it. Now that I know the truth, I no longer feel manipulated. So what is the truth? How do those manipulative people get away with it? It’s really very simple....