How To Manipulate An Individual Within A Group

How To Manipulate An Individual Within A Group

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Manipulation comes in different shades and there are many different techniques that can be used depending on the scenario.

The target of a manipulative attack can be an individual or a group of people. Usually, a group of people is easier to manipulate than an individual because as numbers increase, thinking faculties decrease.

This technique is one that is easy to implement and might have likely been used against you.Before I explain this, I must first mention that this is not triangulation.

Triangulation is when you actively try to smear the party and recruit other members of the group to do the same.

Triangulation is ACTIVE. This technique is PASSIVE.

1 Acknowledge Them

If you’ve just been introduced to the person, first acknowledge them; greet them warmly, and smile very wide when you shake their hands.

If you just got to the table, greet everybody warmly and greet this person very warmly, even a bit extra.You must make sure they KNOW that you are aware of their existence.

This is very important as you’ll soon come to realize.

Whenever you meet, you MUST greet them well. If they just came to the table to meet the rest of the group, greet them very warmly.Acknowledging your target is paramount. Smiling at them at the start of every meet-up is crucial.

You want to ensure they think you have no ill feelings toward them. You are not angry; you are not keeping malice; you are not avoiding them.

2 .Ignore Them Completely

For the entire duration of your meet-up, interact very actively with every other member of the group, even the one you don’t like, except your target.

Be very friendly, playful, active, all the whole shebang.

But avoid talking to your target.If your target puts a question specifically to you, answer short and sweet, smile, and then go back to ignoring them.

Just pretend like they don’t exist. Don’t even look in their direction. Avoid eye contact. Nobody is where they are seated.It is important that you interact with every other member of the group; every single one.

You don’t want them to think you are ignoring them AND another person. No, it is just them you are ignoring and they must know this. You must also make sure your presence in the group is pronounced well so that it becomes obvious you are ignoring them.

You also don’t have to worry about other members of the group noticing.

The thing with people is they only notice what happens to them.

Nobody is going to give a fuck about ‘why aren’t you talking to Joe?’

Nobody will even notice. People are always so caught up in their own heads and the things that affect them.

Only your target will know what’s going on.if they complain, the rest of the group will not take their side because you ‘greeted them well and smile and…’

See the point of acknowledging them in the beginning. They’ll sound very stupid if they complain.What you are doing will very likely bother them, especially if you are vibing well with the rest of the group.Most people will start to feel uncomfortable.

Even more, will start to wonder why you have absolutely no interest in them and whatever concerns them.

They ‘know’ you have no ill feelings toward them, so why? Are they inadequate?

If they initiate a talk, do not join until the topic has been changed.

3 Don’t Engage Their Retaliation

The person might be stubborn and want to retaliate.

How they’ll go about this is by also being rambunctious and engaging everybody else in the group. Don’t compete with them. Whenever a person is trying too hard to impress, they fail.

This is why you need to be a sociable type of person who can move the group in his direction.Verbal prowess and being an interesting person are also key pillars to succeeding at this.

If you have those two under your arsenal, your target would have already fallen into your trap by trying to retaliate.

4 Make Your Request

Now that you have them exactly where you want them:

- Puzzled at why you refuse to acknowledge their existence

- Puzzled at why you are so warm at the beginning but cold after

- Probably feeling a bit inadequate and unwelcomed in the group

You can make your request.

The purpose of most manipulation is to get something from your target.

You can ask them for a favor, and most times the person will agree to do the favor for you in an effort to impress you and perhaps you might acknowledge them.Humans need validation so much that they’ll do just about anything to get it.

Once they get this validation, then they no longer care about it. But deprive them of it and put it in their face and they’ll turn the world around to get it.This method has a very high success rate.

The only case where it might not work is when you’re dealing with a high-level Mach.

When the person is aware of your endgame and is waiting for you to make your move.

You are being manipulated in many different ways every day.

Learn how you are being manipulated and how to protect yourself from manipulation.