From the course: Success Habits
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Eight influencing tips
- Influencing is one of the success skills for sure, but how do you get other people to do what you want? Well, I'd like to suggest eight of my favorite influencing skills that you can choose between when you're dealing with another person and you want to persuade them to do something for you. Of course, all this assumes that you're wanting something good to be done, something that will benefit the other person too. I don't want you to use these methods to get bad things done. But anyway, here are my top eight methods for persuasion. First, understand their position. You can't change their mind if you don't know what's in there. So, it's a good idea to ask them why they want to do what they're doing. Then you can, if necessary, ask them more questions about whether they have any evidence. And if you could show them a cheaper or faster way, would they have a look at it? That kind of thing. Next, one of my favorites is to offer them a choice of evils. For example, would they rather have…
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