Transcript
This is a shrewd and ruthless analysis of what everyone does to everybody else everyday—psychological manipulation. Here are the eight ways to make others do what you want them to, and to minimize your own chances of being exploited. The author warns you, first of all, to identify your opponents—and in the Manipulation Game, that means everyone: your boss, the media, your family, the opposite sex. In this training manual of basic human interaction, you can learn how to increase yourself-confidence by systematically demolishing your opponents; how to control your own emotions while profiting from the passions of others; how to understand fear and overcome it; and how to think on one level while talking on another. Manipulation makes it possible for you to win every game. Rule 1: If you want to be talked about, use your elbows. Rule 2: Don’t just sit there—do something! Do the unexpected, and do it deliberately. Rule 3: Don’t equate packaging with contents. Nobody’s looking after you, so fend for yourself. Rule 4: Repeat and repeat the message. Take advantage of your adversary’s mistakes and watch your self-confidence increase as you demolish him. Rule 5: Recognize the power of emotion. Control your dependence on it and prevent others from doing so. Rule 6: Motivate through fear and learn how to overcome your own. Rule 7: Make up your own mind or someone will do it for you. Rule 8: Use speech to your own advantage. You can tell anyone anything—if you know how to do it. Manipulation tells you how to impose your views, convince others, assert yourself in a hostile environment, resist exploitation, and attain your chosen objectives by learning the rules of purposeful human intercourse that govern all success and much personal happiness.
