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Jefferson Fisher

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The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

Somebody who always puts it to make it about themselves, always plays the victim, never takes accountability, has this inability to have empathy or sympathy or accountability for really anything. We're going to talk about that right now. You ready? Number one, there's a mindset that I want you to have when you're dealing with people who exhibit these narcissistic behaviors. And it is a game.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

Somebody who always puts it to make it about themselves, always plays the victim, never takes accountability, has this inability to have empathy or sympathy or accountability for really anything. We're going to talk about that right now. You ready? Number one, there's a mindset that I want you to have when you're dealing with people who exhibit these narcissistic behaviors. And it is a game.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

That's the mindset. That you are playing a game. And it's a game that I call praise or provoke. Meaning if I'm not showering these people with praise, oh, how great they are, how wonderful they are, how credible they are. If I'm not reading everything else on their resume and just blasting and gassing these people up,

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

That's the mindset. That you are playing a game. And it's a game that I call praise or provoke. Meaning if I'm not showering these people with praise, oh, how great they are, how wonderful they are, how credible they are. If I'm not reading everything else on their resume and just blasting and gassing these people up,

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

That's the mindset. That you are playing a game. And it's a game that I call praise or provoke. Meaning if I'm not showering these people with praise, oh, how great they are, how wonderful they are, how credible they are. If I'm not reading everything else on their resume and just blasting and gassing these people up,

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

Well, they will turn to provoke an argument with me to try and create conflict where there is none. Why? To get that same level of satisfaction. They want to create a problem. They want to get me emotionally stimulated to where I am getting aggravated and upset. You know this. You can relate to this.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

Well, they will turn to provoke an argument with me to try and create conflict where there is none. Why? To get that same level of satisfaction. They want to create a problem. They want to get me emotionally stimulated to where I am getting aggravated and upset. You know this. You can relate to this.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

Well, they will turn to provoke an argument with me to try and create conflict where there is none. Why? To get that same level of satisfaction. They want to create a problem. They want to get me emotionally stimulated to where I am getting aggravated and upset. You know this. You can relate to this.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

If you're not showering that person you're thinking of with praise, they will turn to provoke and start a problem with you. Because they delight in your frustration just as much as they delight in your praise. Because it's all about control. It's all about control. Let me tell you about this game. This is a game you cannot win. To be clear, it is not because of you.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

If you're not showering that person you're thinking of with praise, they will turn to provoke and start a problem with you. Because they delight in your frustration just as much as they delight in your praise. Because it's all about control. It's all about control. Let me tell you about this game. This is a game you cannot win. To be clear, it is not because of you.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

If you're not showering that person you're thinking of with praise, they will turn to provoke and start a problem with you. Because they delight in your frustration just as much as they delight in your praise. Because it's all about control. It's all about control. Let me tell you about this game. This is a game you cannot win. To be clear, it is not because of you.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

It's not that you're not a winner. You haven't failed. You're not a loser. It is a game that is set up to fail. Have you ever played one of those carnival games? You've gone to like a local carnival. A real bad one. Like you know good and well they don't take care of anything. They're just a few rusted bolts away from it all destroying itself.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

It's not that you're not a winner. You haven't failed. You're not a loser. It is a game that is set up to fail. Have you ever played one of those carnival games? You've gone to like a local carnival. A real bad one. Like you know good and well they don't take care of anything. They're just a few rusted bolts away from it all destroying itself.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

It's not that you're not a winner. You haven't failed. You're not a loser. It is a game that is set up to fail. Have you ever played one of those carnival games? You've gone to like a local carnival. A real bad one. Like you know good and well they don't take care of anything. They're just a few rusted bolts away from it all destroying itself.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

You ever gone to one of those carnival games and you're like, I can do this. I can toss the ring on the bottle. I can pop the balloon. I can shoot that basketball. Not a problem. And you try it and it doesn't work. Let me try it again. And before you know it, you're $20 in on a game And it's like, this is not beatable. Because it's not. It's rigged. The game is rigged. It was never fair.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

You ever gone to one of those carnival games and you're like, I can do this. I can toss the ring on the bottle. I can pop the balloon. I can shoot that basketball. Not a problem. And you try it and it doesn't work. Let me try it again. And before you know it, you're $20 in on a game And it's like, this is not beatable. Because it's not. It's rigged. The game is rigged. It was never fair.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

You ever gone to one of those carnival games and you're like, I can do this. I can toss the ring on the bottle. I can pop the balloon. I can shoot that basketball. Not a problem. And you try it and it doesn't work. Let me try it again. And before you know it, you're $20 in on a game And it's like, this is not beatable. Because it's not. It's rigged. The game is rigged. It was never fair.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

It will never be fair. That's exactly the situation you're in. It's not fair. No, it's not. And guess what? It will never be fair. You can only choose not to play it. You can only choose not to play it. So number one is this mindset. When you are talking to these personalities that exhibit strong narcissistic behaviors or a pattern of it, understand you are playing their game.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

It will never be fair. That's exactly the situation you're in. It's not fair. No, it's not. And guess what? It will never be fair. You can only choose not to play it. You can only choose not to play it. So number one is this mindset. When you are talking to these personalities that exhibit strong narcissistic behaviors or a pattern of it, understand you are playing their game.

The Jefferson Fisher Podcast
Outsmarting Narcissists: The Praise or Provoke Trap

It will never be fair. That's exactly the situation you're in. It's not fair. No, it's not. And guess what? It will never be fair. You can only choose not to play it. You can only choose not to play it. So number one is this mindset. When you are talking to these personalities that exhibit strong narcissistic behaviors or a pattern of it, understand you are playing their game.