When thinking of the word “manipulation“ there is a preconceive notion of it being an undesirable situation. Someone manipulating you almost always means for their benefit and not yours. It doesn’t have to be this way, often I practice my skills of manipulation for the sake of others benefit.

It’s like being a parent in a way, if you want dessert clear off that plate otherwise you’ll just be hungry again in an hour. It’s hard to see as the child the benefit but it’s definitely there and it is not really a manipulative benefit of the parent to force the child to eat all their dinner.

At work, I consistently have to manipulate the work force for maximum efficiency. I convince people to work the jobs to which they do well and in return end up taking on the jobs no ones wishes to do. Sure I wish to get out of work, but this should be a mutual interest of all the coworkers not just my intentions. Therefor manipulation of the work force is not solely my benefit even though being fully at my detriment having to pickup the slack.

But Why?

That is best answered with a view of my journey on Steem, a place where I have put time and energy in often when not knowing whether the results will be positive or not.

It’s just who I am, always trying to manipulate those I interact with to make the best choices for the platform as a whole versus what will momentarily benefit them. Making those choices for myself and taking the correct actions has far surpassed the reward given say I had done the opposite and only chased the rewards.