In Dale Carnegie’s opinion, it is not possible to win an argument. In his eyes, if you lose it, well, you obviously lose it. But if you win it? Carnegie believes you’ve still lost. “Well suppose you triumph over the other man and shoot his argument full of holes and prove that he is non…
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Get The Other Person Saying, “Yes” Immediately
Projects rarely move forward and new initiatives are rarely successful if you do not have cooperation from your team. A great technique to build cooperation among team members is to help your team better understand why and how the project or initiative can positively effect them. One way to do that is to get your…
How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking
J.P. Morgan once observed that a person usually has two good reasons for doing a thing: one that sounds good and a real one. The person himself will think of the real reason. You don’t need to emphasize that. But all of us, being idealists at heart, like to think of motives that sound good….
Begin With Praise and Honest Appreciation
Dale Carnegie knew that approaching someone with praise and honest appreciation was a sure way to avoid a confrontation. In his legendary book, “How To Win Friends and Influence People,” he tells the story of Dorothy Day of Garden City, Long Island: Mrs. Day was to give a luncheon to a small group of friends….