“Don’t think of persuasion as something someone does to us; persuasion is an internal process, not an external one. We persuade ourselves. A predator merely manipulates how things seem to us.”
― Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe
― Protecting the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe
“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
― The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence
“That is what every successful person loves: the game. The chance for self-expression. The chance to prove his or her worth, to excel, to win.”
― How to Win Friends and Influence People
― How to Win Friends and Influence People
“Always make the other person feel important. John Dewey, as we have already noted, said that the desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature;”
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
― How to Win Friends & Influence People
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