06 MAY 2025 by ideonexus
How to Win People to Your Way of Thinking
PRINCIPLE 1
The only way to get the best of an argument is to avoid it.
PRINCIPLE 2
Show respect for the other person's opinions. Never say, "You're wrong."
PRINCIPLE 3
If you are wrong, admit it quickly and emphatically.
PRINCIPLE 4
Begin in a friendly way.
PRINCIPLE 5
Get the other person saying “yes, yes” immediately.
PRINCIPLE 6
Let the other person do a great deal of the talking.
PRINCIPLE 7
Let the other person feel that the idea is his or hers.
PRINCIPLE 8
Try honestly to see thing...18 MAY 2011 by ideonexus
Contradictory Aphorism and Biblical Texts
What realm of human endeavour is not morally ambiguous? Even
folk institutions that purport to give us advice on behaviour and
ethics seem fraught with contradictions. Consider aphorisms -
haste makes waste; yes, but a stitch in time saves nine. Better safe
than sorry; but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Where there's
smoke, there's fire; but you can't tell a book by its cover. A penny
saved is a penny earned; but you can't take it with you. He who
hesitates is lost; but fools rush in where...A strong argument for why we should do away with them.