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Introduction
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The following chapters will discuss everything that you need to know when it comes to persuasion, manipulation, and NLP. There are a lot of manipulators, and individuals who are looking to get what they want, and they dont care whether they harm someone in the process of reaching their goals. They will use a lot of different techniques to get there, and often the victim doesnt even know what is going on. If they do catch on, they often feel so trapped in the cycle that it is hard to escape.
This guidebook is going to take time to look over manipulation and how the vicious cycle can start. We will first talk about what manipulation is about, the profile of a manipulator, some of the techniques that the manipulator can use, and how to avoid a manipulator and stand up for yourself to break out of the cycle. While the manipulator will spend a lot of time choosing their victims and even trying to hide their true intentions over time, it is crucial for the victim to come out of this and then stand up so that the manipulator isnt able to get what they want.
Also, we are going to move on to talking about a few different techniques as well. We will spend some time talking about NLP and how a manipulator can use this against the victim, and also about persuasion and how this topic is all around us. Being aware of all these levels of persuasion and manipulation may assist a victim to learn how to protect themselves and not run into this evil trap of making other people happy.
If you are ready to learn more about dark psychology and how it can work with NLP, manipulation, and persuasion, then make sure to check out this guidebook to help you get started.
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A ll of us have been practicing the art of manipulation for years, even before we knew there was a big fancy word for it. When we were babies, we would manipulate the way that we were being fed and also the idea that we were put to sleep (maybe we preferred to be held rather than rest in the crib). When we were toddlers, we would cry and fuss for the toys that we wanted; sometimes our parents would relent and sometimes they wouldnt. As professionals, we may have to try to get anyone to listen to us from our manager to coworkers and more. There is no escaping from the practice of manipulation each day, whether we realize we are using it or not.
But what is manipulation? Manipulation is the art of getting others to do exactly what you want them to do. In many cases, you do this by not necessarily paying attention to their desires. There are some extreme cases where you may cause them to harm in the process. It is going to comprise of a few techniques to get this done including coaxing, trickery, persuasion, hypnotism, charisma, charm, and misinformation to name a few of them.
The main objective that is seen with manipulation is that you need to trick or convince people to lead them in the direction that gives you exactly what you need or desire. However, not all the forms of manipulation out there are going to be wrong. You could positively use the techniques to help turn the game around and to help you get what is yours or what you need. For example, if you have a boss who is stingy and wont give you a promotion or the pay raise that you need, then using logic or persuasion isnt going to work well with them. You may have to resort to manipulation to get what is yours.
The ideas behind manipulation are going to come from the belief that the needs and desires that you have are going to be higher than everyone elses. You will need to put yourself at the center of the world and believe that the whole world revolves around your desires. It can sometimes be given a twist that is more positive when you realize that connect with other people and then you both work with aligning their desires towards your own. In these situations, you will end up positively manipulating people into doing what is best for you and them, and they are less likely to feel fooled.
Lets take a look at an example of this. If you think that no one would be able to make a date or partner happier than you, then you need to try and align your desires to theirs. You know that you can keep them happy and can do this even when you become married. If you are the right person for them, then the manipulation techniques that you use here will be in the best interest of both of you.
Unlike persuasion, manipulation is going to occur at a more profound and even subconscious level. It is going to be done by the manipulator attempting to change the fundamental beliefs and also the experiences of people to get them to do what we want. It can be done with a variety of methods from verbal skills, seduction, and even hypnotism. It is sometimes done with the help of distorting someones idea of reality so that they start to think and do what we want. When it is successful, people are going to start behaving and thinking about facts in the way that the manipulator wants them to.
Whether you realize it or not, you are being manipulated regularly in your daily life. The tool of manipulation is something that every business or marketer understands when they try to get you to purchase their stuff or live your life in a specific manner that helps build up their profits. They may say that you should purchase this brand to make you a cool athlete or vote for this person if you want to see change. We just have to open our eyes to see it better.
Manipulation is going to involve any emotional exploitation and distortion of ones mental processes to make sure that the manipulator can get something that they want. Depending on the situation, especially when the situation is an abusive one, it can be more obvious that there is some form of harm is being done. But often manipulation is a bit trickier for the victim, and for others, to identify. It isnt uncommon for the victim to go for months without realizing that someone is using them or manipulating them.
Of course, manipulation is way more common than we may think. It is likely that everyone has worked to manipulate someone else at some point in their life. It is just a part of the average conversations and interactions that occur. For example, you may convince someone to go to the store with you because you dont want to go along or you need help loading up the groceries. This may be seen as pretty harmless, but it is still a form of manipulation because you asked someone for help with something, trying to persuade them, with an ulterior motive present.
Manipulation is something that can happen way back in our childhoods. That is the main reason and way that most of us learned how to get the things that we want. Children will use this as a way to try and get adults and others to do what they want. This is seen as something reasonable, and it is part of childhood development as the children try to learn how to navigate their way around the world.