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susceptible to believing what you’re told, and doing what you’re
instructed to do. Because you don’t have that greater purpose to
focus on, to base your decisions on. The greater purpose that
dictates what you’re willing to do and what you’re not. It is easy
to spot others around you who may not have a strong sense of
purpose either. They’re the ones who often flit through their life
with no real rhyme or reason. They’re the ones who work
pointless jobs which either inspire them or fill them with
happiness, yet have no real desire to change the situation.
They’re the ones who spend far too much time focused on empty
gossip and other meaningless information which serves no real
purpose. This lack of direction is what manipulators are just
waiting to pounce on, so if you haven’t found your sense of
purpose yet, it’s time to start thinking long and hard about what
your purpose should be. Give yourself something concrete to
focus on and you’re less likely to fall prey to deception and
distraction.
Take On New Opportunities - New opportunities are all around
you, all you need to do is be brave enough to take a chance and a
leap of faith. Manipulators want to stop you from taking on new
opportunities because they want to tie you down in the same
routine. They want you to remain in the same cycle that you are
since this makes their job of maintaining control much easier.
That’s the reason they sow seeds of self-doubt in your mind, and
why they work hard to discourage you from improving yourself
or seizing new opportunities. Every time you grow stronger and
more confident, you’re weakening the hold that they have on
you, which is what they’re working hard to prevent. They’ll try
too hard to keep you in your place they’ll even resort to making
you feel ashamed at even entertaining the thought of taking on
new opportunities to better yourself. Don’t let them stop you,
and don’t let self-doubt get in the way. Even successful people
made plenty of mistakes along the way to get to where they are