Book excerpt: Have you felt that someone was taking advantage of you? Have you done something unwillingly, just for guilt or fear of hurting people? Have you felt tricked into doing something you didn't want to do? You might have been MANIPULATED. Manipulation is common in everyday life, and manipulators use strategies and techniques of emotional blackmail to seize control Companies, politicians, media, but also peers and family may negatively affect you, intentionally or not. It is because humans influence each other all the time, in all sorts of ways. But what sets apart manipulation from other influences, and what makes it dangerous? Unlike persuasion, manipulation acts at a deeper and subconscious level. It occurs when you induce someone to do something, by distorting their perception of reality. It is important to distinguish healthy social influence, which occurs between most people, and undue influence, where one person is used for the benefit of another. This book is intended to explore manipulation in its multiple forms, offering practical advice on how to detect when there is a malign intent behind an attempt to influence and stop it or reverse their techniques to your own advantage. In these 3 chapters, we will go through: How to defend yourself from manipulators. You will learn about the types of manipulators and how each one works. Everything you need to know about manipulation techniques; the 5 basic forms of manipulation; the 6 procedures to create subliminal messages; the 5 signs that someone is manipulating you; the 7 rules for communicating with manipulative people and much more. How to analyse people in everyday life situations. Deepen the main aspects of the research about mind-reading and learn the best techniques for practical processes with these 3 essentials methods that can make you better at mind-reading people. What to do when someone is trying to read your mind. Do not get caught unprepared, and learn how to communicate the best version of you. By reading this book, you will learn the hidden tactics and subliminal techniques used by toxic people and how you can use this knowledge to improve your relationships in everyday life, with your friends, family, and co-workers.