Manipulative people rarely sound manipulative — in fact, they can often sound reasonable or even helpful at first. But ...

Kind people make the world better, but that same goodness can make them targets. Manipulators don’t see compassion as admirable-they see it as an opportunity. They study emotional patterns, exploit ...

Chronic manipulators have one goal in mind: to get their way. To meet that goal, they will use, cajole, and mistreat anyone who stands in their way. Most of the time, those tactics garner them the win ...

Recent research has analyzed the benefits of manipulation in hopes of teasing out the differences between “harmless” manipulation and “harmful” manipulation. Most social interactions involve some form ...