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How to win people into your way of thinking
- The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it
- Show respect to the other person’s opinions. Never say you are wrong
- If you are wrong admit it quickly and emphatically
- Begin in a friendly way
- Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately
- Let the other person do a great deal of the talking
- Let the other person feel that idea is his/hers
- Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view
- Be sympathetic with the other person’s ideas and desires
- Appeal to nobler motives
- Dramatize your ideas
- Throw down a challenge
Fundamental techniques in handling people
- Don’t criticize, condemn or complain
- Give honest and sincere appreciation
- Arose in the other person an eager to want
Be a Leader: How to change people without giving offence or arousing resentment
- Begin with praise and honest appreciation
- Call attention to people’s mistakes indirectly
- Talk about own mistakes before criticizing other person
- Ask questions instead of giving direct orders
- Let other person to save face
- Praise the slightest improvement
- Make the other person happy about doing the thing you suggest
- Give the other person a fine reputation to live up to
Six ways to make people like you
- Become interested in other people
- Smile
- Remember person’s name, since it is the most important sound for the person in any language
- Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves
- Talk in terms of the other persons’ interests
- Make the other person feel important (sincerely)