Manipulation Tactics

Using people's names... a lot! #shorts

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[alaynafauteux]

When I first started at my job, I noticed it felt like my boss learned his social skills from a book. I found that book in his drawer a while later 😂

[themchannel]

It would've been even more intense if they used their full names Rhetoric and Lincon

[kassdra]

I pick it up too and I immediately feel like I'm in a fake conversation

[_Atlas.]

Most people either haven't read the book or don't remember anything about it. Either way, a main point of that book is that you actually need to be sincere.

[Leena]

I hate it when people do this to me. It makes them seem like psychopaths trying to seem likable. 😂😂😂

[StigmataTickles]

I have never read that book, but I try to use people's names because I noticed they smile more when I do it. I just want to make people happy.

[balorthetiny]

I also pick up on this, but I didn't know it was a book technique. I always thought they were business people using their manipulation techniques in the wild.

[nonofyb]

To be fair, they both have fabulous hair

[roisinhart]

The way they IMMEDIATELY started using each others names 😂

[stevenburrito]

This is funny, but for anyone out there How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie is a very good book. Mr. Carnegie was not a bad man, he was coming at it from a point of genuine love and affection toward other people. His techniques are basically ‘take an interest in other people, who they are and what they like, (in essence, fake it til you make it) and eventually you will actually care about what they say, and find yourself making real connections.’

[Film_Quest]

This makes so much sense now
Multiple people at my work talk like this, and yup they’re all managers

[emilmller]

I agree with this to some extent. But socialising is hard, and doesn't come naturally to many people. It could even just be neurodivergent people trying to mask and fit in. So I like to give them the benefit of the doubt. Just because something feels unnatural/manipulative, that doesn't mean it's malicious, though it's understandable that people might have their guard up.

[cheesygoblin]

“One of the things I like to do is I like learning about other people, so tell me more about yourself Link” 😭😭😭

[youdontknowwhoiam]

the only reason someone might notice if you are using the tricks is if:
1. you aren’t really trying to be nice to people, you just want them to like you so you can manipulate them or
2. you are so bad at conversations that it literally doesnt matter what you do because it will all come off weird.

[lucia]

I haven’t read that book and I’ve always done that because I think it shows empathy and that you’re paying attention, especially if it’s a new person you met

[maskouye]

First mistake is thinking people do that to manipulate you

I genuinely love people and want to learn about them. I once asked a female coworker “what do you like to do for fun?” Months later she told me she didn’t know how to react to that and thought at the time that it was creepy because she never really met people that genuinely wanted to hear this sort of thing.

[kateaubreyy]

I currently believe intention is super important. At my lowest with social anxiety I tried reading his book and using them with no luck but after forcing my self out of my shell and now feeling more confident in my socializing skills these rules come out but naturally and that makes all the difference in the success of them. Intention is everything - if people sense that its not coming from an authentic place it backfires.

[muskmxr]

I say people’s names to help me remember them better

[robertfakename]

This is why I forget people's names. I'm keeping it real.

[alexandrialandon]

it makes you feel like their trying to win friends and influence people