How can I learn to be a manipulative person? How do manipulative people think? Can it be learned? Can it be perfected through exercise? What are the hallmarks of manipulative thinking? What characterizes a manipulator extraordinaire?
Research Machiavelli and Machiavellian personalities. Once you have this background knowledge, take the MACH-IV and find out how you fair. See, I am a High Mach, I scored 99 the end of sophomore year of high school after I spent the entire school year learning about power and manipulation. I find the rest of the answers here funny because they only preach to learn how to manipulate to protect yourself. But the goal and fundamental purpose of manipulation is self serving. Only manipulate when you desperately want something, and get rid of your petty emotions as well. Read the Prince and the 48 Laws of Power. They'll teach you to gather the skill set you seek. But be aware, once you start down the path of learning to be a manipulator it's hard to stop. I should know, I've been Student Body President for three years straight.______________________________________________________________________________________Edit as of 9/26/2018This is one of my most popular messages to my loyal followers, and for this, I must change certain aspects of this post.I’ll keep this simple.Power is self serving- to those who do not understand how to use it positively.Power is extremely attractive and alluring- to those who do not understand true leadership.Manipulating will get you very far in life- but you will be greeted with empty hallways of power with little to show for all your conniving. You will be old, alone, and freezing on top of Olympus.Let Power be your guide to transform your environments into the highest reflections of you- and all the values/morals that guide you.Experience has given me these keys of wisdom. Follow and Apply.Yours Truly,KWII
How can you help a manipulative person stop being manipulative?
Manipulating people is addictive. It gives the person more control over their life. We learn simple manipulation from our parents, who use guilt and threats, to get us to do things. Advertisers use every influence you can think of. Influence is manipulation.I used manipulation, so that I had more influence at work. It didn’t feel wrong.Meaningful relationships are based on mutual respect and trust. Lies violate both. On the other hand, when compared to women, most men are uncivilized. If women didn’t use emotional manipulation, to weed out the parts of men, that they absolutely cannot stand, the human race would soon become extinct.I thought all manipulation was fair game, which turned out to be worst mistake of my life. I’d learned to control my emotions, and to always think, before I react. As a result, I’m able to project any emotion, as needed.If you spend hours around someone, they tend to notice this. It prays on their mind. If they can’t trust the sincerity of your emotions, then they can’t trust you.I stopped manipulating people, but I refuse to revert back to, responding to things emotionally, before thinking. Women continue to discount my sincerity. As a result, they’ve all felt betrayed, and every breakup consists of me catching hell.If your friend’s sincerity is ever in doubt, then he can expect to spend his life alone. That might convince them to change.
How could one heal a manipulative person?
A2AAs a scholar of the Dark Arts, there are many things in which one will encounter that will corrode one's sense of purpose, reality, and self. Living in a world where you are constantly aware of the manipulative acts of others against you and those they call their “friends” is exceptionally hard at first. There's a polarization to this power. You will no longer trust any human being for the rest of your life. You wish to heal this person? You must first understand them. There is only but one way…If you wish to learn more about the Dark Arts, please, pay my page a visit.Happy Hunting…
How can i be more sly, and manipulative?
A manipulative person is one I do NOT hold in high regard. Most are evil and no good. You can develop positive traits which will draw the right kind of people to you.
How do I deal with a cunning and manipulative person?
A better question might be “Why” deal with a cunning and manipulative person? Okay that does beg the question but it also answers it at least partially. Unless you have this person as a family member or work under or with them, you really are not obliged to deal with them at all.As I suspect you are younger, this may seem like a strange or novel concept. But believe me, life is far too short to put up with crap. It can take some guts to say I don’t need or want you in my life, usually because most of us can be a little emotional needy sometimes, and the kind of person you describe will know how to pull your strings. If you’re not careful they will even have you convinced that it is you who is messed up.But believe me, in the long run, putting an end to the relationship will be far healthier and feel better in the long run. If the person is a boss or co-worker, tread carefully. End or limit unnecessary contact and don’t allow yourself to trust what they say any more than necessary. Consider transferring to another department in your company or getting another job entirely if possible. If you have a Human Resources Dept. go to them if it’s really bad. You might need to be prepared to offer some form of documentation but I’m not sure.If it’s a family member that is a tougher spot. Limit interaction. Remind yourself mentally that even though they are a family member that they are not trustworthy. That they have shown this repeatedly and basically will not, perhaps cannot change. As you get older, you may choose, quite legitimately, not to have this person in your life any more. You wouldn’t let a stranger treat you in a devious manipulative manner? Why would you allow a family member to do so? I consider people like that to be an accident of birth and of no true relationship to me. (I know this is hard. I’ve been dealing with this situation with one of my siblings my entire life.)
Evil manipulative people?
There is nothing you can do; this is their lesson to learn. You have done your part in attempting to warn the person.