Questions tagged [persuasion]

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How can I be more persuasive when assuring people that I am perfectly fine and healthy?

For most of my life, I have had problems keeping up with eating "normal" amounts of food at meals. I feel full way faster than many friends. I still eat enough, as I am not even considered underweight by official definition (it's close, though). I…
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How to persuade a coworker we both need to do our own work?

I recently started on a new team, with a single fellow developer. Under the motto of 'getting her up to speed as quick as possible', my co-worker has spent the past week sitting at my desk (open office space, yet a few desks reserved for the team so…
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How to ask my friend to tell her support group she was sexually assaulted?

Preface For the sake of my friend, I want to convince/ask her to talk to her extended support group about the situation. This is a decision she has to make herself and I really think that it’d help to disclose it to her family. I am not asking for…
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How do I convince my parents and their employee to close their restaurant while they go on their trips

Background: my parents have been running a small restaurant which opens everyday with another employee for a couple of years now; things went okay so far, I don't hear much complaints. I've been helping them whenever I can, back then when I was…
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How to get my Mom to be less strict?

I'm sure this question has been asked in multiple other scenarios, but my background story is very specific. Backstory Disclaimer: this is quite lengthy. I'm 14 and female, and my parents are divorced. I play travel softball and I have an upcoming…
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