Real CIA Manipulation Techniques That Might Help You Someday

Framing — Control The Options, Control The Outcome

You rarely get compliance by asking someone to do what you want. You get it by offering two choices that both lead where you need them to go. “Do you want to do this now, or after the meeting?” assumes the task is happening. Parents do this to toddlers. Negotiators do it to hostage-takers. Agents do it to everyone.