How to handle someone who is trying to intimidate you
9 Mar 2025 · 1 min
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In this concise instructional video, speaker Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP, outlines three practical tactics for defusing intimidation. First, she advises adopting a bored, unimpressed facial expression and slow blinking to signal disinterest, thereby denying the intimidator the thrill of dominance. Second, she recommends deliberately delaying your verbal response, which shifts control to you and makes the intimidator appear needy. Third, she suggests using short, dismissive phrases such as “Were you trying to sound intimidating?” or “Was that supposed to be dramatic?” to directly shut down the intimidation attempt. The video frames these as numbered steps and ends with a call to practice the techniques.
