Chapter 11: Body language and personal influence

Gaining what you need

Everything we need on this earth, except perhaps the air we breathe, has a limited supply. We can use personal influence to achieve from these limited resources what we need and, if we are fortunate, what we want. Our physical needs, our emotional and our social needs are significantly affected by how skilled we are in being able to influence and persuade others, from close family to total strangers.

brilliant definition

Influence (noun)

The ability to persuade another to accept willingly a predetermined outcome, action, view point or attitude ...

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