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all the other persuasive tactics out there. That’s why it’s not referred to as

persuasion instead, even though the two methods rely on more or less the

same approach.

In the end, it all comes down to your intent. The intention that lies behind

your actions is what separates persuasion from manipulation. If your

intentions are good, and there is a genuine desire to create a situation that

benefits the other

party, that’s persuasion. If your intention is to do well, that’s persuasion. If
you’re honest from the very beginning about what you’re trying to do, that’s

persuasion. If you can say wholeheartedly that you have the other person’s

best interest at heart, that’s persuasion.

Needless to say that manipulation produces a far less desirable outcome. If
your intent is to confuse, ridicule, blame, instill guilt and use them for your

own benefit, regardless of whether they get hurt by your actions along the

way, that’s manipulation. If you knowingly engage in behavior that you

know might cause someone else to get upset or look bad, yet you do it

anyway, that’s manipulation. If you don’t care about the consequences of
your actions and what they might do to someone else as long as your own

agenda is served, that’s manipulation.

At the end of the day, it is intention which determines if your actions make
you a manipulator or not.

Understanding the Dark Triad

Just when you thought manipulation was bad enough, here comes an even
darker side of psychology, known as the Dark Triad. The triad is made of up

three very distinct, yet interrelated personality types, which are narcissism,