“Unlock Hidden Powers: 27 Psychological Tricks That Will Change Your Life—Are You Ready to Discover Them?”
When you’re walking through a crowded hallway, if you keep your eyes focused in the exact direction you’re going, people will naturally clear out of your way because we sub-consciously use eye-contact with people in order to navigate around each other.
Giving students in my elementary class the illusion of choice. If you ask “do you want to start your work?” Or “isn’t it time we got something done?” I modify it to-
“Would you like to do your assignment with a pencil or blue pen?” They are too consumed with this choice that they have forgotten that they didn’t want to do it in the first place.
Also, every recess-
“Did you push jimmy?” “No.”
“Ok umm two people saw you do it, and reported it to me. Are you sure you didn’t?” “In sure.”
Then change it to “can you tell me *why* you pushed him?”
“Well it’s because…”
Gets’em every time.
Have a toddler that is in a bad mood? Sit down with them, look them straight in the eye, and say “You’re mad, so don’t laugh.” Just keep repeating it as seriously as you can.
I’ve done it for 15 different cousins over a couple of decades, and by the fifth repetition of “DON’T LAUGH” they are busting a gut and rolling on the floor.
My favorite is silently maintaining eye contact when a person is attempted to bargain or convince you of something that you don’t want to do, or don’t believe.
They usually end up negotiating with themselves (which gives you a huge advantage because once that happens, it is pretty much game over).
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