In Sheep's Clothing : Understanding and Dealing with Manipulative People (Paperback)

from benkaboo

Summary The book is an operating manual for folks who might find themselves dealing with a covert aggressive personality type. Liked Differentiation of neurotic vs character sufficiency spectrum Didn't vilify the character difficient beyond pointing out that the may be mal adapted to current...

from Kathl33n

This was interesting enough information but a very dry listen.

from GlennBell

This book covers a gambit of methods that people use to manipulate others. Some specific case studies are included that are instructive. The discussion is largely intellectual although the author becomes philosophical at the end of the book by closing with some unrealistic expectations of social ...

from JudyCroome

I started reading this book as research, but found validation for some hard decisions I've made this year - little did I know but I was dealing with covert aggression tactics. While I did not find the examples particularly interesting, the explanations of the different tactics that emotionally ma...

from Ponies

It's certainly eye-opening to think of people sometimes being purposefully and willfully hurtful. It's a 180 from constantly thinking that people are "just hurting" or whatever. To start thinking about what people want out of a situation can bring a lot more clarity.