Attacks your feelings and bonds

Future faking

Big promises about later are used to get what they want now.

The first tell

You feel hopeful. That feeling arrives before you can name the move.

What it sounds like

A business partner says: Cover this month's costs. Next year we'll both be rich.

Say back

I decide on what's happening now. What can you put in writing?

If they push

You have no vision.

I have vision and a pen. Write it down.

How this family is disarmed

Weigh actions over words and keep your own pace.

See it in dating and at work

Context packs show this tactic in the settings where it does the most damage, and let you drill it against a timer.

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