You vastly overrate your powers of persuasion.
Our persuasion did not alter his detached opinion.
Her powers of persuasion were to no avail.
His powers of persuasion calmed the confusion of the crowd.
In spite of his efforts at persuasion, she didn't agree.
In actual managerial practice, of course, authority is usually mixed with suggestion and persuasion.
PVC: [Assumes open posture as learned in persuasion skills workshop 101] Thanks for asking.
But of course there is more to the conservative persuasion than this general attitude.
By contrast, the persuasion book is based on finding that we have our brains semi-unplugged most of the time.
We have now described the sources of those means of persuasion which are popularly supposed to be demonstrative.
The orator's demonstration is an enthymeme, and this is, in general, the most effective of the modes of persuasion.
The techniques of liking and reciprocity mentioned above both clearly play on our desire for affiliation, as do many other techniques of persuasion and influence.
When I write I try to address the very real possibility that there might actually be personages of the female persuasion reading my musings.
It is just possible that America may yet salvage an agreement. Since Kyrgyzstan faces energy shortages and a mass return of migrant labourers from Russia, it may be susceptible to persuasion.
As these six tendencies help to govern our business dealings, our societal involvements and our personal relationships, knowledge of the rules of persuasion can truly be thought of as empowerment.
