Persuasion Strategist Pillows

"I'm going to be a lawyer so I'll be arguing both sides."

'I clawed my way to the top and then I clawed my way back to the middle.'

'How many times have I told to seize the day before it seizes you?'

Changing Minds

Talk shows are great. Listen shows are even better.

"Excellent Simons, I admire a 'yes' man who's not afraid to say 'yes'."

"Now the first thing you have to do is to get a client's attention."

Phone solicitors like customers who are afraid to hang up.

'I loved your argument. When are you planning to perform it again?'

"He just talked me into giving him a 200% raise in his allowance. At least we don't have to worry about him not succeeding in business when he grows up."

"The firm is always appointed above competence levels, you topped out at paperclip."

"We couldn't give you a bigger office, so we shrunk everything down to make it appear bigger."

"If you could have a dinner conversation with someone, living or dead, who would it be?"

Debate Club Note

'...and by persuading your bosses to send you on this course, you've all passed!'

Banana striptease...

I'm just a pollster, ma'am - I have no idea which candidate is a cat person.

'A raise might destroy their initiative. The good old carrot and stick bonus keeps them focused.'

"I believe it because I believe it and that's how I know it's true."

Giant 'NO' with a small man holding a 'Yes',

Today's alpha-lesson is called "Always Jujutsu the Suspense." If someone says "I've got a great idea" and then pauses to create suspense, that's a power-move. They want you to beg them to continue. The alpha counter-move in this case is simple. Use the suspense-monger's suspense against them: say absolutely nothing.* *This move should never, ever be applied in the boudoir.

"You get your money back if your don't get laid in seven days."

". . .and so the Defense rests, based on those facts, to the best of my manipulation."

'Sir, you have a couple of salesmen laying for you out here.'

'If you could learn to open up a little, you might make a few more sales.'

"We did our best to convince them, now it's up to how gullible they are."

"That guy is incredible! He's coaxed the fish to invest 20,000 bucks...in catfood stocks!"

"To be honest, nobody wants to buy your paintings... we need a promotional strategy! Cut off your ear in public!"

"I wasn't persuaded by his presentation. His logic was strong but his threats were weak."

'Efficiency,' he whispered.

"Does he respond better to a confident approach or a groveling approach?"

'Have you managed to persuade Tiddles to use the new cat-flap yet Dear?'

I think you'd make a persuasive salesman.

"Do you need me to write in big letters for you?"

"It reminds me of the very first ad that ever swayed me into buying something I didn't really want."