Psychology professor Jack Schafer worked as a special agent for the FBI for many years. In many covert operations, he had to turn on the charm on click. Jack says that there is a golden rule that you can use to win over any person. It goes something like, "Make the interlocutor like yourself." Read how to do this in this article.
Make a mistake
When Jack Schafer begins to teach a course of lectures at a new stream, he casually makes a mistake in the pronunciation of a word and allows students to correct themselves. “I pretend to be embarrassed, thank them for their consideration and correct the mistake,” says Jack.
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He uses this technique to achieve three goals. First, when students correct a teacher's mistake, it makes them feel more confident. Secondly, they begin to communicate more freely with their mentor. Third, they are willing to let themselves make mistakes.
You can use this method to persuade anyone. Make mistakes, show your imperfection, let people fix you. And they will be disposed towards you.
Compliment in a third person
Sometimes direct compliments sound too intrusive. It makes many individuals uneasy or they aren't ready to welcome them. In such cases, it is better to use a compliment from a third person.
For example, you want to ask the accountant Efrosinya Stepanovna for something and to do this, approach her with the following phrase: “Efrosinya Stepanovna, I was recently speaking with the director of human resources, and he informed me that, in his opinion, you are the best employee of our company! ".
It is not necessary, of course, to praise any professional qualities; you can also personal. For example, like this: “Efrosinya Stepanovna, the head of the personnel department said that last February 23, you baked such pancakes! Even now, he's thinking about how tasty they were".
Remember to sympathize
Of course, people are much more interested in their own person than any other. And that's quite normal.
You will make more friends in two months if you show genuine interest in people than in two years of trying to get them interested.
Dale Carnegie
People also love sympathetic statements. What is meant by “sympathetic”? Each person is pleased to know that he is being listened to carefully, and his emotions are shared with him. Of course, if a person begins to talk about the fact that he had a hard day, you should not fall and say: "What a horror, oh you poor little paw!" Especially if it's your boss.
A common saying like “You've had a tough day today. It happens to everyone". Or, for example, it can be summed up like this: “You want to say that today you are absolutely happy with the way you are doing. It's great".
We must convince the interlocutor that we share his feelings and understand him. Moreover, if you are trying to support a person, you do not need to verbatim recite his remarks. The interlocutor might be apprehensive because his mind will interpret the repetition as an abnormality.
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Provide self-praise
As we already said, there is a thin line between the usual compliment and flattery, so it is better to make sure that the interlocutor praises himself. For example, someone tells you this story: "To close this project, I worked 60 hours a week." Here you can say: "Yes, you probably need to have an iron will and responsibility to work 60 hours a week." The interlocutor will almost certainly respond with something like, “Yes, I had to try to deliver this project on time. I certainly did a great job. There is nothing to say here. "
The capacity to get someone to praise themselves is an aerobatics figure. Practice it, please people. And you will definitely like it.
Ask for a favor
The well-known Benjamin Franklin quote; "The one who once did you good will help you more willingly than the one whom you yourself helped." This phenomenon is known as the Benjamin Franklin Effect. A person who shows kindness to another person grows in his own eyes. If you want to please a person, then it is better not to do him a favor but ask him for a favor. Of course, don't overuse requests for help.
As the aforementioned Franklin correctly noted, "Guests, like fish, start to smell bad on the third day." The same is true for those who persistently request favors! All of these tips are definitely not a call to hypocrisy. We want to help some people to please other people. Sometimes for their own purposes.
Using information from the book, " We turn on charm according to the method of special services."
Adapted and translated by The Cop Cart Staff
Sources: Life hacker