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There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

1. There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

- Raymond Chandler

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There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Who says exactly what they’re thinking? What kind of a game

2. Who says exactly what they’re thinking? What kind of a game is that?

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much o

3. Stop letting people who do so little for you control so much of your mind, feelings, and emotions.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Antisocial personality disorder -manipulating or treating p

4. Antisocial personality disorder

-manipulating or treating people badly without feeling sorry
-tendency to lie, steal or abuse alcohol/drugs

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small

5. Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.

- Eleanor Roosevelt

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Privacy is power. What people don't know they can't ruin.

6. Privacy is power. What people don't know they can't ruin.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up.

7. Insecure people put others down to raise themselves up.

- Habeeb Akande

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - If you are in an abusive relationship, establishing boundaries

8. If you are in an abusive relationship, establishing boundaries may not be possible, as assertiveness in sharing your boundaries may not be even safe. And because the other person has a distinct agenda of controlling or even hurting you - you'll just get laughed at - if you try to voice your limits.You may need to consider leaving that relationship safely.

- Dr Margaret Rutherford

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Advertising sells you things you don't need and can't afford,

9. Advertising sells you things you don't need and can't afford, that are over priced and don't work. And they do it by exploiting your fears and insecurities. And if you don't have any, they'll be glad to give you a few.

- George Carlin

10. There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

- Raymond Chandler

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Anchoring: A number given first by one of the two parties duri

11. Anchoring: A number given first by one of the two parties during negotiation. Anchoring is a form of "heuristic" (mental shortcut).

Anchor above where you expect the client to spend.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Guilt Trip A special kind of manipulation tactic. A manipulat

12. Guilt Trip
A special kind of manipulation tactic. A manipulator suggests to the conscientious victim that he or she does not care enough, is too selfish or has it easy. This usually results in victim feeling bad, keeping them in self-doubt, anxious and submissive position.

- Dr George Simon

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Don't let people guilt you for not visiting them. They're not

13. Don't let people guilt you for not visiting them. They're not visiting you either.

Tags: Guilt | Emotional Blackmail | Mind Games | You Are Not Special |

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Guilt trips are a passive-aggressive form of manipulation and

14. Guilt trips are a passive-aggressive form of manipulation and bullying. They're designed to give the manipulator exactly what they want at your expense. Your feelings and needs don't matter. By refusing to play their games and act or feel guilty, you disarm them and they lose their power over you.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - A girl plays with your mind. A woman explores it.

15. A girl plays with your mind. A woman explores it.

Tags: Mind Games | Ghetto Love | Manipulation | Women |

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Be happy; it drives people crazy.

16. Be happy; it drives people crazy.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - If the brown-noser is bringing the team’s morale down, try o

17. If the brown-noser is bringing the team’s morale down, try offering praise and agreement to the brown noser, as it may decrease their need for constant approval from the boss and give them reassurances that they are a necessary part of the team.

- A J Marsden

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Adult bullies need to make you feel bad so they can feel good.

18. Adult bullies need to make you feel bad so they can feel good. Twisted isn't it?

Hold your head up and chest out. Reality is they envy you! Your success, your looks, your car, your clothes, your job, your friends..something.. there is something about you that they envy. That is why they pick on you to feed their own insecurities and jealousy.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - You are being bullied if someone constantly demeans you and ma

19. You are being bullied if someone constantly demeans you and makes remarks about you, yelling at you, criticizing you, giving suggestions and giving you guilt trips if you don't take them.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.

20. Some people try to be tall by cutting off the heads of others.

- Paramahansa Yogananda

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Tangible or material bullying: Using one’s formal power (i.e

21. Tangible or material bullying: Using one’s formal power (i.e. title or position) or material leverage (i.e. financial, informational, or legal) as forms of intimidation, threat, harassment, and/or harm. In these scenarios, the bully uses his or her advantage in stature and/or resources to dominate and control the victim.

- Preston Ni

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Unless strong and effective boundaries are established, the bu

22. Unless strong and effective boundaries are established, the bully is likely to repeat and intensify the abuse.

- Preston Ni

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Everything anyone says when they have an agenda is bullshit, a

23. Everything anyone says when they have an agenda is bullshit, and bullshit isn’t necessarily false, but it’s never really the truth either. So when someone’s bullshitting, you need to pay a little more attention.

- Caliban Darklock

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - How beautiful it is to stay silent when someone expects you to

24. How beautiful it is to stay silent when someone expects you to be very angry.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - People who take advantage of others are always the ones that p

25. People who take advantage of others are always the ones that play victim, are unaware or claim to forget, and have excuses for everything. They put you in a situation that you have to work on their behalf.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Although taking advantage is considered "passive aggressive",

26. Although taking advantage is considered "passive aggressive", some consider it to be "covert aggressive".

Deceiving and manipulating us to get what they want, covert aggressors very actively try to control other people.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Taking Advantage Tactic #2 Lying. Telling blatant lies, mis

27. Taking Advantage Tactic #2

Lying. Telling blatant lies, misrepresenting the truth, or being deliberately vague.

28. Taking Advantage Tactic #3

Denial. Refusing to admit they’ve said or done something, which can make you begin doubting yourself.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Taking Advantage Tactic #6 Guilt. Using your conscience and

29. Taking Advantage Tactic #6

Guilt. Using your conscience and desire to be a good person to control and manipulate you.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Taking Advantage Tactic #7 Shaming. Putting you down and us

30. Taking Advantage Tactic #7

Shaming. Putting you down and using sarcasm and critical comments to make you feel so inadequate that you give in to them.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Taking Advantage Tactic #9 Feigning Ignorance or Confusion.

31. Taking Advantage Tactic #9

Feigning Ignorance or Confusion. Playing dumb, or acting like they don’t know what you’re talking about, which can throw you off balance and make you doubt yourself.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't

32. Just because something isn't a lie does not mean that it isn't deceptive. A liar knows that he is a liar, but one who speaks mere portions of truth in order to deceive is a craftsman of destruction.

- Criss Jami

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something

33. Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.

- Dwight D Eisenhower

Tags: Leadership | Art | Taking Advantage | Mind Games |

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - The best way to get most husbands to do something is to sugges

34. The best way to get most husbands to do something is to suggest that perhaps they’re too old to do it.

- Ann Bancroft

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.

35. When someone shows you who they really are, believe them.

- Maya Angelou

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Everyone has a breaking point, even the best of us.

36. Everyone has a breaking point, even the best of us.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - I have a limit and when you reach it, I dismiss you from my li

37. I have a limit and when you reach it, I dismiss you from my life. It is that simple.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - The gain for the victim is in the fact that he can get people

38. The gain for the victim is in the fact that he can get people to stay and take care of him — for who could ever really leave the poor victim without feeling terribly guilty. In this way, victims often bully others into all kinds of care-giving, running the gamut from providing financially for poor victim, to literally making all of his choices for him. The victim typically knows exactly what buttons to push in others to get them to begin or continue to take care of him. Indeed, quite often the bully identity lurches backward into his shadowed victim identity, as a means of justifying his abuse of others.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Instead of causing chaos and rocking someone else's boat, you

39. Instead of causing chaos and rocking someone else's boat, you need to row your own.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Never let someone with a significance of a speed bump become a

40. Never let someone with a significance of a speed bump become a roadblock in your life.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty fe

41. I will not let anyone walk through my mind with their dirty feet.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Gaslighting is a form of insidious and covert manipulation whe

42. Gaslighting is a form of insidious and covert manipulation where a bully, narcissist, or an abuser targets the victim by making them question their judgements, memory, mind and reality.

Tags: Gaslighting | Emotional Abuse | Mind Games | Adult Bully |

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - The purpose of Gaslighting is to control people and exert po

43. The purpose of Gaslighting is to control people and exert power over others, usually practiced by toxic narcissistic personalities.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - Gaslighters are habitual liars. They lie to your face and neve

44. Gaslighters are habitual liars. They lie to your face and never change their story even if you have proof.

They’ll say “You’re crazy. That never happened”. They can be so convincing that you may actually start believing you’re crazy.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself. - He who angers you, conquers you.

45. He who angers you, conquers you.

There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.

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