Want to live in a world where different stuff goes on, rather than what we have now? Me too. The key to changing the world is changing other people's minds about it. No really.
Think of Martin Luthor King for a minute. He helped change people's minds about the nature of humanity and the need for fairness and equality.
You can change people's minds too. Have a look at this site for tactics and defenses against them. Make sure you're not being manipulated while you learn to persuade effectively.
Popular sections of this site include:
* Sales
closing techniques and
objection-handling.
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Leadership styles and theories.
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Questioning techniques.
* Basic
body language.
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Conversion techniques used by cults and others.
* General
principles of persuasion.
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Preferences and personality scales.
* The
games we play.
* How we
cope with stress.
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Academic theories around changing minds (also the
alphabetic list).