Do you feel miserable around a certain person? Have you felt like being gagged and pushed around?
Chances are that you are getting manipulated.
Masters of manipulation know how to not make it obvious.
They give their victims the illusion of choices where any choice made benefits the influencer.
On that note, what makes you blind to manipulation is probably your ignorance.
You don't believe manipulation or manipulative people exist.
This makes you vulnerable to their strategies and you fail to recognise them.
In the end, you are left in a confused state of mind.
So here are some signs to help you notice.
1. Gaslighting/Confusion
Perhaps the most tell-tale signs of manipulation.
Manipulators override your judgement and self-knowledge making you question your sanity.
In a confused state, the only anchor you can reach upto is the manipulator's advice.
Exactly what they want.
2. Using your insecurities against you
Aware of your deepest fears and insecurities,
which they got out from you by constant probing,
they remind you of these when they need control, making you vulnerable.
3. Guilt tripping
Another strategy by which manipulators make you defenceless is by bringing up your past mistakes.
Or they make you remember the favours they did for which you never paid back.
They make you feel bad for not reciprocating this favour.
4. "If you love me, You will do X"
Have you found it hard to say no to a person?
Do you end up agreeing to their whims, against your better judgement?
These manipulators use the personal relationship among you to force cooperation.
Mothers, girlfriends and abusive boyfriends.
5. Playing victim/martyr
You always mess up. You put them in positions where they have to save you. They have to clear up your mess.
That's what they make you think.
To top it off, you often apologise to them and you never understand why.
6. They recruit others against you
They bring in friends, family and others in taking a stand against you in disagreement.
You have no choice but budge to "what is best for you".
7. Smokescreens
When you raise a concern, they manage to deflect that spotlight and shine it on you.
It is your fault, not theirs.
They bring up a totally unrelated situation and deflect the conversation painting you as the cause.
8. Isolation
Manipulators manage to isolate you from your friends and family.
This way they ensure your sole dependency.
Consequently, you fear abandonment and they utilise this to their advantage.
Think, Rapunzel. They want you to depend on them and only them.
9. They make you speak first
This is how they probe your insecurities as in point no. 2.
With constant probing, and their hidden agendas, they extract your opinions, views, personal secrets and concerns.
They can then use this information to gain control over your decisions.
10. Making you sound dumb/unreasonable/childish
They make your concerns sound baseless.
Your fears are just childish whims.
You don't know the intricate workings of the world.
That's what they make you convince.
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If you recognise any of these signs, your decisions are probably getting influenced.
You can however change this.
Stop getting manipulated and protect your sanity.
Get Mental Warfare Strategies today.
The ultimate toolkit against manipulation.
Chances are that you are getting manipulated.
Masters of manipulation know how to not make it obvious.
They give their victims the illusion of choices where any choice made benefits the influencer.
On that note, what makes you blind to manipulation is probably your ignorance.
You don't believe manipulation or manipulative people exist.
This makes you vulnerable to their strategies and you fail to recognise them.
In the end, you are left in a confused state of mind.
So here are some signs to help you notice.
1. Gaslighting/Confusion
Perhaps the most tell-tale signs of manipulation.
Manipulators override your judgement and self-knowledge making you question your sanity.
In a confused state, the only anchor you can reach upto is the manipulator's advice.
Exactly what they want.
2. Using your insecurities against you
Aware of your deepest fears and insecurities,
which they got out from you by constant probing,
they remind you of these when they need control, making you vulnerable.
3. Guilt tripping
Another strategy by which manipulators make you defenceless is by bringing up your past mistakes.
Or they make you remember the favours they did for which you never paid back.
They make you feel bad for not reciprocating this favour.
4. "If you love me, You will do X"
Have you found it hard to say no to a person?
Do you end up agreeing to their whims, against your better judgement?
These manipulators use the personal relationship among you to force cooperation.
Mothers, girlfriends and abusive boyfriends.
5. Playing victim/martyr
You always mess up. You put them in positions where they have to save you. They have to clear up your mess.
That's what they make you think.
To top it off, you often apologise to them and you never understand why.
6. They recruit others against you
They bring in friends, family and others in taking a stand against you in disagreement.
You have no choice but budge to "what is best for you".
7. Smokescreens
When you raise a concern, they manage to deflect that spotlight and shine it on you.
It is your fault, not theirs.
They bring up a totally unrelated situation and deflect the conversation painting you as the cause.
8. Isolation
Manipulators manage to isolate you from your friends and family.
This way they ensure your sole dependency.
Consequently, you fear abandonment and they utilise this to their advantage.
Think, Rapunzel. They want you to depend on them and only them.
9. They make you speak first
This is how they probe your insecurities as in point no. 2.
With constant probing, and their hidden agendas, they extract your opinions, views, personal secrets and concerns.
They can then use this information to gain control over your decisions.
10. Making you sound dumb/unreasonable/childish
They make your concerns sound baseless.
Your fears are just childish whims.
You don't know the intricate workings of the world.
That's what they make you convince.
β.
If you recognise any of these signs, your decisions are probably getting influenced.
You can however change this.
Stop getting manipulated and protect your sanity.
Get Mental Warfare Strategies today.
The ultimate toolkit against manipulation.
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Psychopaths are masters in shining the spotlight on others.
This makes them incredible social charmers.
This makes them incredible social charmers.
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Forwarded from Atlas' Majliss (Ϋ Atlas Ϋ)
Quit revealing your entire life to strangers.
We all know that one person who is able to unpack everything that would make them look good in less time than it takes to read their resume.
But what good are those two minutes of fame, if once they're gone you're no longer able to surprise your counterpart?
When you meet someone for the first time, you don't have to reveal everything about your life.
In fact, after a successful first meeting, you should know just enough about the person to want to meet them again.
Not to write their biography.
If you rush to tell everything that is cool about your life, you may give the impression that you are insecure and afraid of not measuring up.
You won't gain favor with the people you meet, but you will create the opposite effect.
Instead, you give the impression that all that makes you valuable are your titles, your profession or your possessions.
Nothing very original.
It is your presence that must be noticed.
Not your lack of personality.
We all know that one person who is able to unpack everything that would make them look good in less time than it takes to read their resume.
But what good are those two minutes of fame, if once they're gone you're no longer able to surprise your counterpart?
When you meet someone for the first time, you don't have to reveal everything about your life.
In fact, after a successful first meeting, you should know just enough about the person to want to meet them again.
Not to write their biography.
If you rush to tell everything that is cool about your life, you may give the impression that you are insecure and afraid of not measuring up.
You won't gain favor with the people you meet, but you will create the opposite effect.
Instead, you give the impression that all that makes you valuable are your titles, your profession or your possessions.
Nothing very original.
It is your presence that must be noticed.
Not your lack of personality.
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The world is a giant playground and a peculiar one at that.
Because in this playground, there are no viewers on the sidelines.
Only those who play the game and the ones who are getting played.
Because in this playground, there are no viewers on the sidelines.
Only those who play the game and the ones who are getting played.
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A better lover, father, husband, leader;
Happier, richer and socially influential.
This is what the aim of Social Skills University is.
SSU is becoming an elite community with 340+ members who have turned their life around.
They are finally able to get a raise in their jobs, make more sales in their businesses, and ask that girl out.
If you have not already enrolled in the university, you are greatly missing out on a lot of gems.
That too for the price of a book.
Yes, this is an affiliate link and yes I write on SSU, but don't simply take my word for it.
Discover SSU and decide for yourself. β¬οΈ NGL
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The modern man is not a beast of burden. Rather a creature of comfort. So habitualized, babified asf with their things they want exactly as it should be at exactly the same time on the minute of the hour every day. Zero adaptability. Stifled. Thus done for. Ok thanks bye.
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Your view has to be on the pattern, not on the individual nodes.
You have to see and plan for the grand campaign rather than present battles.
Your mastery in nonchalance to current events will make you unpredictable to those around you.
You have to see and plan for the grand campaign rather than present battles.
Your mastery in nonchalance to current events will make you unpredictable to those around you.
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Masters of strategy know how to use the efforts of others to further one's own goals.
The aim here is to expend minimum energy possible.
The aim here is to expend minimum energy possible.
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Every agreement you make with the enemy, every deals you close with your competitor should give you an upper hand.
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Do this when you feel overwhelmed.
Do this before a job interview.
Do this after you wake-up.
Do what?
The 'Victory' pose or the 'V' pose.
Raise both your hands briskly to make a 'V';
Stretched and firm but not out of comfort.
Fists clenched. Eyes forward/upward.
'V' pose is instinctively used by primates to increase their size and to assert dominance.
Doing this power pose often, increases testosterone.
Increased T = low stress and more confidence.
A recipe for higher chance of success.
Seriously! Try it right now.
You will feel the difference.
I will post some more power poses exclusively on the Social Skills University tomorrow.
Join today to know these poses.
Do this before a job interview.
Do this after you wake-up.
Do what?
The 'Victory' pose or the 'V' pose.
Raise both your hands briskly to make a 'V';
Stretched and firm but not out of comfort.
Fists clenched. Eyes forward/upward.
'V' pose is instinctively used by primates to increase their size and to assert dominance.
Doing this power pose often, increases testosterone.
Increased T = low stress and more confidence.
A recipe for higher chance of success.
Seriously! Try it right now.
You will feel the difference.
I will post some more power poses exclusively on the Social Skills University tomorrow.
Join today to know these poses.
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