Negotiate Your Best Life Podcast with Rebecca Zung 7 Reasons Why Highly Intelligent People Fall For a Narcissist with Rebecca Zung on Negotiate Your Best Life #743
Sep 19, 2025
In this engaging discussion, Rebecca Zung, an attorney and negotiation expert, delves into why highly intelligent individuals often fall prey to narcissists. She explains the tactics narcissists use, such as love bombing and gaslighting, to gain trust and instill dependency. Zung reveals how covert narcissists manipulate others with guilt and project their faults. She provides powerful strategies for maintaining control, documenting interactions for leverage, and recognizing the subtle signs of psychological abuse, making it essential listening for anyone navigating toxic relationships.
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Why Narcissists Target Smart People
- Narcissists perfect their manipulation by mirroring and studying you until they match your desires.
- They attach to high-value people because devaluing someone valuable boosts their ego.
Respond Like A Reporter
- When falsely accused by a narcissist, stay calm, factual, detached, and pretend you are reporting the news.
- Never justify, argue, defend, or explain; observe, don't absorb, and respond, don't react.
Document Everything As Leverage
- Create leverage by documenting and collecting evidence because narcissists hate facts.
- Use records like messages, receipts, and bank statements and offer them calmly when needed.
