Be a Leader: Win people to your way of thinking

Contributed by: Asian Woman (i_asianwoman @ yahoo.com)

·         The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.

·         Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're 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.

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·         Let the other person feel that the idea is his or 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 the nobler motives.

·         Dramatize your ideas.

·         Throw down a challenge.

{Dale Carnegie}