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How to deal with passive-aggressive attacks
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How to deal with passive-aggressive attacks
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How to react when someone keeps interrupting you
A thread to confront your opponent without being aggressive
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How to stop being manipulated in a debate:
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How to force narcissists and manipulators to respect you
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How to handle embarrassing situations
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How to Stop Dominant People from Abusing You (without offending)
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Manipulators and narcissists are everywhere..
If you can’t spot them, you’ll regret it.
Here Are 8 of Their Common Behavior (and how to force them to respect you):
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How to Make Friends and Get to Know People (even past 25)
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How to stop being disrespected
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Watch in this extract how Ane Hathaway handled a similar situation:
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Tired of being manipulated during arguments?
Here Are 6 Common Fallacies (and how to counter them)
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Here, you should just follow the steps of the critic using sarcasm:
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Watch how Scarlet Johansson does it in this interview:
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This capacity he shows to remain calm and control his emotions is called:
Emotional Intelligence.
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Two of the greatest leaders on screen
Jessica Pearson and Harvey Specter.
Both are in dominating positions and know how to be respected
Here’s what you can learn from their interactions to humiliate a dominating behavior and step into a leader
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How to Become The Guy who Knows Everyone
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Watch Andrew Tate's reaction despite Piers's repetitive interruptions
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How to handle conflicts
A thread to confront people without losing your cool:
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How to Force Manipulators and Narcissists to Respect you
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Watch how Jonah Hill does it in those two interviews:
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How to Naturally Handle Embarrassing situations
A Thread to escape the Spotlight-Effect
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As you may know, passive-aggressive people rely on indirect communication
This means they won’t attack you openly but will make insinuations to hide their hostility
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Like him, you must appear indifferent to show your opponent you're not affected, as you know your words have value
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How to answer when someone insults you
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1) Stay Calm.
During a debate, the tension can quickly escalate.
Many people will often interrupt you to enforce their ideas
But if you get angry and attack your opponent, you’ll lose face.
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During a conversation where someone keeps interrupting us
We all would like to tell him or her to "Shut the fuck up”
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Now, the last thing you can do is pause a second to specify firmly and politely to not be interrupted:
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How to Stop Narcissists and Manipulators from Abusing You
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As he did, if you tell your opponent, he already has the virtue you want him to develop
You give him a fine reputation to live up to
That makes him rather make an effort than see you disappointed.
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1) Reformulation:
Passive aggressive people want to speak their minds while avoiding confrontation
That's why they often hide their intentions behind sarcasm or ambiguous remarks and questions...
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But by reformulating his remarks, she restates the underlying message in a clear way
This forces him to confront his behavior and understand the consequence of his action
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You can observe that she:
-Raise her eyebrows.
-Use a dry tone.
The use of sarcasm allows you to cancel the critic, you implicitly show the other person that what you’re told is bullshit.
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Here, by asking questions, Tom Hardy forces the journalist to reveal his real intentions
Then he chooses to end the interaction
This sets boundaries and makes the journalist accountable for his behavior
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But if you lose your calm and attack your opponent, you won't be taken seriously.
You’ll prove that it's the only way for you to speak your mind.
Here, I'll show you 4 ways to confront your opponent without being aggressive:
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1) Sarcasm.
When someone gives you a harsh remark hidden as a joke, she often tries to destabilize you.
The intent is often to get a reaction from you by pointing out your weaknesses.
And that’s precisely the trap you should avoid.
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Now, like her, reformulating the person's remarks allows you to remove ambiguity and confront the person directly
But it also asserts your boundaries and forces people to reflect on the impact of their behavior
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Remember what's important is to remain calm, and focus on the message, not the person
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That's a wrap!
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Jimmy Fallon whose job is to let people talk, keep interrupting her
Yet, she answers with a smile and emphasizes his behavior using humor.
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Instead, you want to react with calm, firmness, and goodwill to prove that you're confident
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Then, what she smartly did was reverse the balance of domination by flipping the whole interview to ask him the same uncomfortable question.
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In this interview with Cara Delavigne, the journalist's question can seem neutral.
But if you look at the particular way she asks, you’ll understand that she's trying to belittle the actress.
As she laughs with arrogance.
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2) Give a dog a good name.
We often blame people for interrupting us
Yet, this never makes us more respected
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The problem is that in some situations the person will be passive-aggressive.
This means that the person
won’t attack you directly, but will rather make insinuations to hide its hostility.
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Here, despite taking inappropriate questions and remarks behind a mask of humor, Jonah Hill stays calm and responds with honesty
You can see in his facial expressions and answers, he doesn’t try to hide he’s affected by the attacks
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3) Humour.
Some people don't realize they're interrupting you
Their excitement makes they can't wait for you to speak
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But Cara remains unshakable.
She intentionally dives into the journalist’s game using sarcasm coupled with her facial expression to show the journalist how much the question is stupid.
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In general, when you’re verbally attacked by someone you want to answer violently and end the interaction.
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Here, the key is to be Assertive.
That means you want to be clear, not aggressive
Like him, you want to emphasize that you're still talking by raising your voice and your finger
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Now, like him, by asking questions, you encourage people to express themselves openly and expose their intentions
This help shift the power dynamic as you hold them accountable for their behavior instead of hidden behind ambiguity or deniability
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Watch how Jennifer Lawrence handled her embarrassment at the Oscars after she fell on stage
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Here, the journalist asks her an embarrassing question about her underwear and hides his intentions behind a facade of friendliness and ignorance
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The key is to stay serious and act as if you were truly confused by the real purpose behind the person’s remarks.
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Here, like the actress what is important is to be genuine, not passive-aggressive
You want to offer a genuine smile and emphasize the other attitude in a humorous tone.
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Here, what is essential is to stand firm, and never end up saying that you’re just kidding.
Then, like her, close the question by giving the real answer without justifying it, to get more impact.
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2) Honesty:
Now, as I said, passive-aggressive people seek to avoid confrontation
They often find it uncomfortable and worry about the consequences
That’s why they use passive means to minimize the risk of conflict
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Those insinuations, make it difficult to answer firmly and directly as you would normally do as they didn’t clearly express their intentions
So here, I'll show you 3 ways to defend yourself without being aggressive:
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1) Contradiction and Discrediting
Gaslighters will often contradict your statements, opinions, and experiences
They’ll use many ways
They can treat your ideas as foolish, question your memory and perceptions, or even your abilities
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Here, instead, you want to nourish their self-esteem
Cause people will do anything if you show them respect for some ability
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Remember, not exposing the attack’s insinuations before answering means you’re validating it
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The Men called the Wolf of Wall Street.
Jordan Belfort.
In the ’90s he built one of the most successful sales organizations on Wall Street and raised over $1.5 billion.
Here’re 6 of his best persuasion tactics to help you win at business and life:
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Now, in this situation, you want to stay calm and logical
You have to trust your perception and judgment and pay attention to your instincts, and observations
Remember that your experiences and emotions are valid
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That's a wrap!
If you enjoyed this thread:
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By doing this, you show the other, he must respect you and your ideas
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By doing this, you emphasize how stupid and nonsense the remarks are and you switch roles by making your opponent embarrassed by having made those remarks.
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By exposing your opponent's real intention you completely reverse the balance of force.
Cause then you can then either choose to close the interaction firmly judging that the remark is rude or you can give an appropriate answer.
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How to humiliate your opponent in an argument.
A thread that should be illegal:
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Here’s an extract from the movie Whiplash so you can visualize it:
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4) Keep talking or Pause a Second.
Another way you can use is to keep talking despite interruptions.
Here, you want to stop your opponent from reacting to what you say
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This helps emphasize the aggressiveness of the attacks and shows he’s not tolerating that behavior
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Here, I’ll talk about one particular manipulative behavior they use called "Gaslighting"
Which, they use to twist your perception of reality
Making you doubt your thoughts, feelings, memories, and sanity
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Mbappe understands the hidden meaning here and immediately asks the journalist "What do you mean by that?"
This forces him to reveal his real intention in front of everyone, which is here to ask him why he passes more of the ball to Benzema than Giroud
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Now, like him, by being honest about your thoughts and feelings, you address the issue openly, and emphasize the impact of the attacks.
This shows how you expect to be treated and prevent further aggressive behavior
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2) Ask questions.
One of the biggest difficulties when dealing with passive-aggressive people is that they’re hiding their bad intentions which makes it difficult to answer frontally.
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How to deal with passive-aggressive attacks
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Most people don’t know how to react in this kind of situation.
Cause you need at the same time to defend yourself without being aggressive and save your face.
Here I’ll show you 3 ways to help you answer this kind of situation:
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We’ve all faced people with manipulative behaviors
But if you frequently have to deal with them
You must recognize their behavior and defend yourself before it affects you
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As they want to create confusion
To discredit you, make you doubt your judgment, and get control over your perception of reality
Weakening your confidence is the easiest way to make you dependent on their perspective
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Remember that If you don't expose the remark's insinuations before answering, you're unconsciously validating these insinuations.
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2) Blaming and shifting responsibility
Now, when Gaslighters want to avoid taking responsibility for their actions
They'll often turn the blame on you
Claiming that you or any person or circumstances caused their behavior
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1) Ad hominem
Often in a debate, when people can't question your argument
They’ll instead try to distract the audience from it by attacking you
This strategy is called Ad hominem
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So, what you can do to remove the ambiguity and express the hidden message is to reformulate their remarks
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How you can win at every negotiation
A thread that should be illegal:
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The journalist's question is full of hidden meanings.
Here, what she truly means is that you're certainly like other celebrities who merely come to read the script without any interest in the original story.
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Still, you must stay calm and face them without being aggressive
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You can tell seeing her facial expressions that she was getting increasingly shocked and embarrassed by the journalist's uncomfortable questions
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Here, what’s important is to stay calm and focus on the issue to show you refuse hostile interaction and earn the audience's sympathy and respect
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3) Asking questions:
Now, as we said passive-aggressive people often rely on insinuations
This makes it difficult to answer directly but also offers them a plausible deniability
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Here, you want to stay calm and ask neutral questions to stay focused on the issue
Then you can choose to either end the interaction or give an appropriate answer
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Never show people you're smarter than them
They're more interested in the image of their ideas than the truth.
If you need to prove something
Do it subtly
Don't get into an opposition spirit
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You might not understand French, but here the journalist asks Mbappe if he chooses to give the ball or not depending on who is in front of him
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They’re trying to speak their mind and at the same time avoid conflict.
What you should do is ask questions to force them to reveal what is hidden under their remark.
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