Don't belittle yourself and your status

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Insecure behavior negatively affects a person's image and shows his low status. Therefore, endless apologies should be avoided.

11. Use Pascal's rule

Don't push your interlocutor into a corner and let him save face.

Often the interlocutor does not agree only because agreement armenia phone number lead means a loss of dignity for him. For example, in response to a threat, a person, in order not to seem a coward, may act contrary to himself. To avoid this, offer your interlocutor an option for getting out of a difficult situation, this will help him accept your point of view.

12. Start with what you have in common with your interlocutor

Even if you don't see anything in common, you can start by thanking the other person for sharing their point of view and for being interested in hearing it. Agree with some of what the other person says, and then share your own opinion.

13. Avoid conflict generators

These include: displays of aggression, superiority, egoism and bad manners, rudeness, threats, ridicule, comments, bragging, deception, concealment of information, interrupting the interlocutor, peremptory attitude, imposing advice, violation of generally accepted rules, etc. Conflict generators are quickly detected and always meet with resistance, as a result the conversation turns into an argument.

14. Use Homer's rule

Always present arguments in a certain order: strong – average – one strongest. This means that weak arguments should be completely abandoned, they lead nowhere. Here it is especially important to determine (use empathy) which arguments will be strong for the person you want to convince.

And most importantly, never start a conversation with a request, start with arguments, and reliable ones at that.