8 Sentences That Shut Down Manipulation
When someone is manipulating you, your instinct is to explain yourself. It's your most expensive instinct.Every explanation is a new surface to attack. Someone arguing in bad faith doesn't need to defeat your reasoning — they only need to keep you producing more of it. Say you're busy Saturday, they suggest Sunday. Say money's tight, they offer to cover it. Fifteen minutes later you're defending your character, and you've forgotten what you originally declined.So this isn't about arguments. It's eight sentences, none longer than nine words, and why each one works — plus the chapter most…
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