Manipulation: A Guide to Mind Control Techniques, Stealth Persuasion, and Dark Psychology Secrets

by Deborah Weiss

Manipulation is all around us. We hear about it in the news, read about it in books, and even hear about it on the television. We have put a lot of negative connotations along with the idea of manipulation, which means that a lot of people are going to stay away from it and that they will miss out on a lot of great opportunities in their lives. This guidebook is going to spend some time talking about manipulation and how you can use it to see some of the best results in changing your life and getting what you want. There are many situations when you will want to use manipulation in order to help you to see some great results in getting what you want out of life. If you would like to learn more about manipulation and make sure that you are going to see the results quickly, don't forget to check out this guidebook to help you get started!

Genres: Audiobook

136 pages, Paperback

First published April 8, 2019

Reviews

[David Lamb · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book is utterly disgusting. From the excessive use of "target" to the BS "relationship" suggestions. The book encourages you to manipulate your "target" in order to get what you want. It glosses over any ethics and tries to pretend that both the manipulator and target can get "what they want". The strongest case it made for both parties winning is a manipulative car salesman - pushing you to a "better" car. The seller wins because they got a larger commission. The buyer "wins" because they have the pleasure of spending more money on a car for crap they don't need or want. Add to the negatives of the subject matter, the book is quite poorly written and repetitive. It often uses a handful of phrases 5 or 6 times in a page.

The ONLY potentially redeeming qualities of this book: 1) Deborah Weiss should be avoided at all costs and 2) victims of manipulation might learn a bit about how other people are using them.

[Ryan Shea]

Apparently manipulation is not only a negative term. I'm not sure what my take-away is from this book -- I suppose by going over the different mechanisms one can more easily identify it when you are on the receiving end, or you may be able to use it to steer people more toward things they ought to do anyhow? mehh