The dark art of persuasion covers many sins: bribery, blackmail, bullying, deceit and deception — and they all work! While persuasion is necessary for compliance, influence helps in converting someone to believe in our values and overall way of life. If we think we are going to have to deal with someone regularly, it pays to learn influence and persuasion. I put forward here my very own manual to help you increase your powers of persuasion:• Identify the problem. Because influence and persuasion mean working with people, that means we share the burden.

Source: The Edge Markets February 22, 2020 03:33 UTC