50 effective tips to exponentially accelerate your persuasion skills

Nick Kastrup

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Feb 27, 2018

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1. Smile
2. Act confident
3. Mirror their actions — do what they do
4. Mirror their words — say what they say
5. Always give a reason for your request
6. Close your mouth and open your ear
7. Put yourself in their shoes
8. Tell stories
9. Use images
10. Make it visual
11. Engage all senses
12. Dress To Impress
13. Get (or stay) in shape
14. Use Tit for Tat
15. Get them to do you a small favor
16. Get them to do you a slightly bigger favor
17. Get them to do you a big favor
18. Repeat your message
19. Repeat your message
20. Keep your message simple
21. Be brief
22. Be specific
23. Make it novel
24. Tell them what’s going to happen next
25. Take charge of the outcome
26. Say thank you
27. Use Pre-suasion
28. Prime their perception
29. Use specific phrases
30. Activate their triggers
31. Master the Science of Compliance
32. Stay calm
33. Use their language
34. Keep eye contact
35. Activate their loss-aversion trigger
36. Expose yourself to others — the more the better
37. Find similarities
38. Share personal information
39. Use a little humor
40. Don’t take yourself too seriously
41. Use light touching
42. Be slightly self-deprecating
43. Use Framing to your advantage
44. Let them interrupt you
45. Ask questions

46. Act comfortable

47. Know when to dig and when to back off

48. Show interest

49. Find out what they want

50. Give complements

This article is based on research from my new book Magic Words: 99 Sentences To Get Anyone To Do Anything — available here