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Secret Revealed: The Power to Change Anything

What does it take to change the world? What does it take to change self? What does it take to make others change?  These questions seem completely different. Aren’t they? At first they might. But not after reading the book Influencer: The Power to Change Anything.

In the book  I learned practical and simple pattern of making change, be it little or global.

This is quite timely for me as I was recently assigned to lead a significant mindset change among my colleagues – make all others want blogging on our professional blog. Hell of assignment, huh? Here is the plan.

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Want To Win? - Argue, Do Not Fight!

What’s winning? Is it making the point you are right? Or, is it making the other guy do what you want him to do? I choose the later – making the other guy do what I want him to do. That is the true win for me. If this is the case with you too then you must learn how to argue, not to fight.

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by katiebate

Jay Heinrich offers good distinction between fight and argument in his book Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln, and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasionclip_image001:

"The basic difference between an argument and a fight: an argument, done skillfully, gets people to want to do what you want. You fight to win; you argue to achieve agreement."

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Improve Your Outcomes By Changing Your Responses

Are you satisfied with you outcomes? If you are not you better grab Jack Canfield’s book The Success Principles: How to Get From Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. Canfield shares many simple yet practical methods for improving your personal performance.

Change Your Response
by apesara 

For example::

If you do not like your outcomes, change your responses.

This advice can sound too obvious, but how many times you witnessed people change their approaches? How many times you changed yours?…

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