Beating Manipulators and Scammers with Mindfulness

Through awareness we can get ahead of the thieves

Before we can get scammed we need to be feeling certain emotions. Whether it be fear, excitement, compassion or loneliness, the scammer is relying on our humanity, to trick us. In a way, the fact that we seem so open to being scammed, does say something very positive about us. We feel. However, it’s acting impulsively on feelings alone, that’s our weakness. It’s the old idiom of allowing the heart to rule the head.

Whatever the emotion the scammer is tapping into, they succeed, because our emotions often lead us into bypassing our critical thinking

Being mindful of feelings allows us to take a moment to asses how these feelings might be causing us to act impulsively. Increased awareness of our feelings can help us in many ways. Scammers are one scourge modern life challenges us to deal with. A much older problem is that of being manipulated through our emotions by those we’re close to.

An improved awareness of our emotions and how they affect our thinking helps us to deal with manipulative people

The emotional mind can seem very complicated. How we react emotionally is subjective and personal to us. When we’re able to separate the emotional mind from the thinking mind we have the power to make better choices. Choices that are not driven by fear, guilt, or anger. So when feeling, take a breath, and become mindful of how your emotions are affecting your decisions. Scammers and manipulators are powerless against a calm and well reasoned mind.