Learning Persuasion From Kids
If you want to make your life easy and simple, then trying persuasion techniques would be a great idea. Now, if you are wondering how to use persuasion techniques in your daily life, then try learning it from small kids. Yes, it’s not a joke, but an amazing fact that kids can easily persuade people than grown ups. We all were kids sometime but as we grow we almost forget what all we used to do in our childhood to persuade our parents and teachers to get our own ways. So, now we present you with some reminders of telling how life could be simplified by persuading others using the old childhood tactics.
Shedding Tears
Who would like to see a crying child? Majority of people would do anything to remove that drop of tear from an innocent child’s face. Remember, how you used to cry in childhood and get your favorite ice cream? Yes, you got it right, the most successful technique used by kids till date is the art of shedding tears or crying. Crying is one thing that can weaken the other person emotionally. In order to stop you from crying, the other person would definitely try to do something to please you. This art of shedding tears work wonders for kids and chances of using this technique is though less in case of adults, but it will surely add on to a persuasion effort. As adults, you need to first choose your target and use the tears for an effective persuasion. At times you do not need physically shed tears but if you can convey that you are virtually crying then it works just the same.
Reward and Punishment Tactic
The other hit technique that you can learn from kids to persuade others is the art of reward and punishment. When we were kids, we used to please our teachers with some small things like offering a bite from our lunch boxes or gifting cards on teacher’s day. Kids continue doing so even in today’s modern world, mostly with a hidden desire to get a reward in return. This reward can be as small as a toffee or as big as a good impression in the teacher’s eyes. As adults too, we can try this technique to doing good things for others to get something in return. The only difference will be that instead of getting toffees, you will gain their support and trust for your help. They will be easily persuaded with whatever things or ideas you will present them.
Before reading this article, you wouldn’t have ever thought that there is so much one can learn from kids, but now we assume you have realized how much you can gain from observing children. Kids are perfect teachers when it comes to apply persuasion techniques in our day-to-day life. Just observe some kids and see how easily they have their own ways by techniques like crying and helping. We, as adults can definitely learn these ways from kids in our own style to persuade people to meet our goals.