Persuasion is one of the most important forms of influence. Without persuasion, after all, we might not get very far in our relationships. Using it appropriately, though, is the key.

1) Taking A Lesson From Marketing Companies

The art of persuasion surrounds us. We are persuaded to buy one brand of laundry detergent over another. We are persuaded to choose one partner over another. Why, though, are we persuaded one way or the other?
Companies have spend...

Dutch marketers have grown and offered for wholesale and mail order flowering bulbs for centuries throughout the world and for many years in the United States. Because the climate of the Netherlands was similar to the Northern United States, many of their catalog bulb favorite flower bulbs grew and thrived year after year. In many humid, arid, or warm areas of the United States, these flower bulbs can perform and grow as an annual plant, but generally will not reappear the year...

How can you tell whether a person is lying to you or not? Aside from confirming the truth, there is an immediate way of knowing, and this is by reading a person’s body language signs of lying. It’s not that difficult to see once you know all the indicators.

Body language signs of lying can determine if the person you’re talking to is being truthful or not. It’s one of the most powerful non-verbal ways of expressing oneself. And most of the time,...

Chat rooms provide you a chance to be free; to say whatever you have in mind. Many times, you do not care whether you are mature or not. For this reason, you will not make the impact that you were hoping for. This is to say that, for you to create a good image; you must find ways of how to have a mature chat. When you are dating online, this is essentially vital. One secret of attracting great singles to you is through maturity. The following are some of the tips that will enable you...

For those of you that have a fascination with leather goods, I am here to shed some insight of this wonderful material.
Leather is a material created through the tanning of hides, pelts and skins of animals, primarily cows. Leather is a very important clothing material, and its other uses are legion. Together with wood, leather formed the basis of much ancient technology. Leather with the fur still attached is simply called fur.
There are a number of processes whereby the skin...

“Know thyself” is a powerful principle that leaders, managers and effective people intuitively know.

When you understand your own strengths and preferences you are in a position to maximise those strengths and compensate for any weaknesses either by working differently or surrounding yourself with people with different strengths.

Most of us have a dominant birth order personality that matches our birth position. But that personality is influenced by...

Have you ever tried to court a girl? Have you ever tried to win her approval and affection by saying nice things to her all the time (eg. praising her beauty)? If so, then I bet it probably didn't turn out very well. In fact, I'm pretty sure that the girl eventually got immune to your 'nice guy' gestures and started avoiding your calls.

Have you ever wondered why? I mean, shouldn't being nice and sweet to a girl cause her to like you?

Well, first of all, everything...

It's easier than ever to have a phone where you want one. The newest breed of cordless phones lets you put a handset in any room in the house, even if no phone jack is nearby.

However, manufacturers still offer a bewildering array of phones: inexpensive models that offer the basics; multihandset, full-featured phones with a built-in answering machine; single-line and two-line phones; digital and analog phones, and different frequency bands. In many instances, a phone will...

Today, it is hard to determine if you should be providing child therapy to your child. It is very difficult for parents to think that there may be a problem with their baby. After all, up until the teen years hit, they allowed you to take care of them. They told you when things were not okay. You dealt with their needs throughout their life. But, now, you need to wonder if you should be providing teen therapy for them. To really know if your child needs help, ask yourself these...

This is a topic worth talking about. Think of how do you, personally, tell bad news? How many times a day do we have to do it?
“Honey, I have just eaten your favorite peanut butter” or “Unfortunately, sir, we have not fixed your car yet” or “I’m calling from …Hospital, your grandmother died…” It all depends on the way you say it. Are there any definite rules on how to make “bad news” more acceptable and not so...