Persuasion is the skill of persuading people to agree with your point of view or take a specific action. Persuasion is an intrinsic skill for some of us, and the ability to influence comes effortlessly. Persuasion skills can be learnt and improved over time for the rest of us.
Understanding the art of persuasion can help you not only learn how to influence others, but it can also help you recognise the strategies others may use to try to change your beliefs and habits.
They include not arguing and presenting solutions that work, as well as honouring commitments, being reliable and accepting responsibility, being true, genuine, and honest, knowing their subject and believing in it, developing rapport, and being entertaining. The key talents for persuasive success are thus quite diverse.
Persuasion is used in political campaigns, mainstream media, social media, and advertising to affect us. We like to think that we're resistant to persuasion, that we can see right through the sales pitch, understand the facts of a situation, and arrive to our own judgments.
Distance, background noise, poor or malfunctioning equipment, poor hearing, poor eyesight, and speaking impairments are some of these.
Share a personalized message with your friends.