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: Often people...
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. Misconception #1:...
