How to Get Away With Anything by IK Butcher
Would you like to be able to argue in a more effective and persuasive manner?
Do you want to learn how to form a decision and position for something you stand for and then persuasively share those ideas?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are going to want to keep reading.
One of the first things we all learned how to do, besides walk, was to talk. We have been talking or communicating with others in some fashion since the day we were born. We started out crying and eventually learned how to string words together to form sentences. However, only some of us learn how to do this effectively.
Talking isn’t about just what comes out of your mouth. It begins in your mind. It’s a thought process. You decide what you are going to say. You form the thoughts and opinions in your mind, and then you finally verbalize them. At least, that’s how it’s supposed to go. Oftentimes, we leave out the thinking part. We just say the first thing that pops into our mind, and it may or may not be well put together. This book aims to help you develop the entire process, from the decision to persuasion. The hope is for you to be able to put together an argument that will be eloquent and thought-provoking. To clarify, the argument doesn’t mean fighting or shouting. It simply means you have an opinion, and you're asserting your opinion in a way that is neither rude nor intimidating.
In this book, you will learn:
- What the biggest enemy is for making decisions
- How to test out your different choices when you make decisions
- What preferences, payoffs, and probabilities have to do with decision-making
- The importance of standing up for the things you believe in
- How to get the attention of a room, no matter how loud or quiet they may be
- How to be persuasive without coming off as intimidating or mean
- The most powerful things that you can say to other people
- How to have a fair argument with somebody
- Things that you should always avoid saying
- The best ways to practice your persuasion skills
… And much more.
Learning how to be a persuasive thinker and speaker is a skill that everybody should learn. It can serve you in many ways in your life. If you are interested in learning how to think and speak in a way that will get a person’s attention and make them think, then this is the right book about you. Persuasion doesn’t have to be about convincing a person to do something they don’t want to do. It is about making them think and possibly getting them to change their mind about something.
Persuasion is a powerful tool, and this book wants to teach you how to use it in a positive way.