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Saturday, June 04, 2005

Honing PR skills


"Did you like the movie "Madagascar"? I think it was funny?"
"No, it was not."
"Some of the scenes were pretty hilarious, won't you agree?"
"No, they were not."
"Ahhh! Feisty! Let me suggest a few pointers here, young lady. You do not start a conversation by negating the other person right away. That instantly puts people on the defensive especially if they are your elders."
"I am being honest here, Dad. What should I say then?
"Contrary to the conventional teaching, honesty is not always the best policy when it comes to dealing with people. It is better to start lame and then present your strong, diverging, hypercritical view later. You may want to start a disagreement by appearing to agree with the other person. You'll make more friends than enemies that way."
"I am confused. This sounds way too complicated. Could you give me an example?"
"O.K. Try the opening lines such as, “I beg to differ---", "I have a different view on that and my take is ----" or by simply saying "You may be right but I think that----."
"How about saying, "You may be wrong----". Would that be a good start?"

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nauman: that was heavy for an eleven year old. But it's great that you have already touched this topic with your kid.

Seems like you have to work on this alittle more! Sooner she gets it the better off she will be.

Unfortunately,majority of the grown ups are unaware of this concept. :(

Boston.

3:16 AM  

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