How to Coach Yourself and Others Beware of Manipulation | Page 51

The basic tact is to first provide a person with something he really wants (money, attention, support,
…) and then withdraw it in an attempt to convince the victim that he needs them more then they need
him.
Next, the manipulator waits for the victim to make a move.
Since people want what they cannot have, if the person does not contact the manipulator after he
withdrew whatever he has been providing his victim with, then what he was giving apparently was not
appealing enough to make them want it enough.
The person with the upper hand in any situation and any given time, is the one who can (make the other
think he can) walk away if the situation is not to his liking.
Good manipulators radiate confidence and independence and convince their victims that they need
what the manipulator has to offer, whereas it seems to make little difference to the manipulator what
his victim decides.

4.2. Using fallacies to mislead people
Sources:
http://www.thefreedictionary.com – Collins English Dictironary - Thesaurus
www.wikipedia.org – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://utminers.utep.edu/omwilliamson/ENGL1311/fallacies.htm - Master List of Logical Fallacies
Definition:
fal·la·cy (f l -s ) - n. pl. fal·la·cies
from Latin fallācia, from fallax deceitful, from fallere to deceive
1. A false notion, a false belief, a misconception, an incorrect conception
2. A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
3. Incorrectness of reasoning or belief; erroneousness.
4. The quality o b&V