In the last liveshow on www.crazefm.com I had a topic called “Staying away from manipulative people”. The best thing that came out of it was that a few users emailed after the show to tell me that it made a great impact on their lives and they got great tips from it. For the recording you can check www.wakasmirlive.com.
During the show I talked mostly about the way one can stay away from being in the cycle of manipulation. And some tips were also given. Two of them were that:-
- You tell the manipulator that you do know how they feel (while he / she is talking)
- And then like a broken record, keep on repeating same thing. For example:- If they ask you to do something for them, keep asking for time, or say i need time to think, or I am unable to do it..
If you repeat the above a few times, you will surely trigger them to be a bit angry, and a manipulator usually enters that phase quite quick when you show resistance.
But what about you? How do YOU deal with manipulative people? Or are you one yourself..?

18. July 2009
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