How to be more persuasive?

If you want to be a politician, you need to persuade others to support you. If you want to be a successful businessman, you will talk to your cooperators and make an agreement. Even in our daily life, there are times when we want to persuade other to follow our desires. If you don’t have the power of persuasion, other people will tend to ignore your opinions and when you are a leader, you might be seen as a dictator. Here are some suggestions from Internet for you to be more persuasive.

     Abraham Lincoln once said: “If you wish a man over to your ideas, first make him your friend.” Good attitude is better than confrontation and violence and nothing is stronger than softness. Deliver your opinions in a gentle way and create a good atmosphere. If you deny people’s opinions directly, they will feel lose their dignity and try to prove you are wrong. So you should show respect to people and protect others’ self-esteem and raise different ideas friendly.
    Threatening people can also persuade people to follow your ideas. In negotiation, when the opponents have raised tough conditions, you should make your standpoints clear as well. But you should control the degree of threatening, because if you compel them too much, the cooperation may break up from there. And you’d better still keep in good mood and attitude. Explain the situations and consequences reasonably, and maybe give them some choices to compromise.
   Try to find your common interests and satisfy their need. You can indicate them that you are not enemies but friends. You would like to offer help and achieve your same purpose. Considering things from their angle and remove their defense.
   To conclude, when you try to persuade others, don’t put them in a opponent position and gain your own benefits. If needed, you can also use the smart skills of negotiation. Maybe in our life, persuading others is not such a serious thing and we all can handle it. But I hope these suggestions can help you in important moments.