Ever talked with someone who seemed a little off, like they were trying too hard to impress you? Or perhaps it seemed as if the presentation had some holes in it. People can see through insincerity and fake responses.
Show you care and build a quality that demonstrates that you care about how others [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Persuasion: Be Genuine
Persuasion: Show Emotion
Emotion, whether it be in the form or sadness, anger, happiness, etc., adds immediacy to any form of persuasion. People want to immediately tap into the emotion and find out how you are feeling.
Then they want to know how you’re going to get beyond it.
If you have made a mistake, show how you felt [...]
Persuasion: Tell a Good Tale
After the fall of Alexandria, a single book was pulled and saved from the library, because it contained a precious secret. Inside the well-kept pages, the author described and pointed to a touchstone, which was described as a smooth and perfect stone that had the ability to turn anything it touched into pure gold. [...]