Min Liu. People Games: The Most Common Mind Games And Power Plays That People Play

Art of Verbal War, 2017. — 47 p.
The book is a non-technical, easy-to-read guide (yes, easier than "Games People Play") to help you recognize when you are being manipulated by others in your social, family, business, or work interactions. We can be free from other people's power plays and mind games if we wish to be, and if we train ourselves to RECOGNIZE them.
A “power play” is a maneuver, usually verbal, that is used by a person to (i) manipulate another person to do something or (ii) avoid giving the other person what they want.
This book will teach you how to RECOGNIZE such power plays being used against you, especially the most commonly used ones by other people, and also how to RESPOND to and DEFLECT such power plays.
You will learn how to extricate yourself from secret ploys, unclear motives, and shady maneuvers used by other people, and structure your interactions so that they are no longer clouded by such undesirable things.
In doing so, you will be able to protect your personal boundaries, move towards more open and honest communication with other people, and protect your own best interests.
Some of the power plays and mind games covered in People Games are:
-Dominance/Submission
-Emotional Blackmail
-You Owe Me
-Playing the Victim