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Manipulation: How To Recognize & Deal With Emotional Manipulation
Emotional manipulation is something we will all experience at one time or another. Some people have bad intentions and deliberately try to manipulate us to their advantage, while other times, our own family members and friends will “tug at our heartstrings” to get a favor or sympathy in their own life. In this book, you will find information about manipulation at home and manipulation at work with several examples. I’m going to teach you three key things so that you can begin living the life based on your own thoughts, knowledge, and feelings without being unknowingly manipulated by 1.How to recognize emotional manipulation. 2.How to avoid emotional manipulation. 3.How to confront emotional manipulation. Methods of Manipulation. Types of Manipulators Manipulation at work/home. Manipulation or Persuasion? And much much more!
42 pages, Paperback
Published January 6, 2018
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James Edwards
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February 11, 2018
As someone who is conscious of the emotional manipulation she has been subjected to, I really appreciated this booklet validating my feelings in the matter. I’m happy to see that others go through the issues I’ve been through and that I’m not just paranoid. I think that is the most valuable part of Manipulation by James Edwards.
This book didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t know except for some technical terms and the fact that I’m not alone in this. While Edwards is right in how manipulators should be confronted, I also found that section to be rather hard to implement. It’s never as easy as approaching the person, considering that your own emotions get in the way, let alone the emotions of the manipulator. However, Edwards knows this and addresses that fact in this booklet. Manipulation is not an end-all guide to how to deal with manipulators. Instead, it gives suggestions on how to address the issue which you can personalize for yourself and the manipulator.
Unfortunately, I have to take a star off due to numerous proofreading issues. For most of the book, these mistakes are minor enough to ignore. Through the last fifth or quarter of the book, though, they begin to effect the quality of the writing. At some points I could just barely decipher the meaning because there were words missing, misused, or repetitively used. I still find the book helpful, but I would have appreciated more thorough proofreading and editing in the last ten or so pages.
All in all, I think anyone going through emotional manipulation will find great value in this book. In fact, even if you just know someone who is suffering from emotional manipulation or you suspect that you might be a manipulator, you’ll want to give Manipulation a look. It’s well-organized and very informative. Most importantly, by the end you’ll realize that you’re not alone in your situation and that you are definitely not going crazy. That, I think, is just as valuable as any advice on how to “fix” a destructive relationship.
This book didn’t really tell me anything I didn’t know except for some technical terms and the fact that I’m not alone in this. While Edwards is right in how manipulators should be confronted, I also found that section to be rather hard to implement. It’s never as easy as approaching the person, considering that your own emotions get in the way, let alone the emotions of the manipulator. However, Edwards knows this and addresses that fact in this booklet. Manipulation is not an end-all guide to how to deal with manipulators. Instead, it gives suggestions on how to address the issue which you can personalize for yourself and the manipulator.
Unfortunately, I have to take a star off due to numerous proofreading issues. For most of the book, these mistakes are minor enough to ignore. Through the last fifth or quarter of the book, though, they begin to effect the quality of the writing. At some points I could just barely decipher the meaning because there were words missing, misused, or repetitively used. I still find the book helpful, but I would have appreciated more thorough proofreading and editing in the last ten or so pages.
All in all, I think anyone going through emotional manipulation will find great value in this book. In fact, even if you just know someone who is suffering from emotional manipulation or you suspect that you might be a manipulator, you’ll want to give Manipulation a look. It’s well-organized and very informative. Most importantly, by the end you’ll realize that you’re not alone in your situation and that you are definitely not going crazy. That, I think, is just as valuable as any advice on how to “fix” a destructive relationship.
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