Malcolm Gladwell Quotes

Learning how to be persuasive has been really crucial to my life both professionally and personally.

I consider myself to be quite persuasive when I want.

If you're not convinced, how can you convince others?

Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life.

You need diplomacy and not slogans. This is the place for wisdom, the place for seeking windows that will take you to the objective.

I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.

I always told people in the private sector, 'You can be the smartest person in the world, you can have the very best ideas, but if you can't sell them and you can't get other people to work with you, you're not going to succeed.'

Power is getting things done without having to demonstrate that you can bulldoze it through. I'm most effective when I've studied an issue, when I can make a credible argument, and then bring people along.

Questions are often more effective than statements in moving others. Or to put it more appropriately, since the research shows that when the facts are on your side, questions are more persuasive than statements, don't you think you should be pitching more with questions?

Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

I believe we should appeal to people at the higher levels.

I need people - theatrics and schmoozing and storytelling are part of my talent.

Salesmanship is limitless. Our very living is selling. We are all salespeople.

One of my strengths is my ability to talk and communicate with people.

I've always been very good at convincing people. For instance, if I arrive in an airport and I'm in economy, I can always convince the guy to put me in first class.

I think the power of persuasion would be the greatest superpower of all time.

Brains, integrity, and force may be all very well, but what you need today is Charm. Go ahead and work on your economic programs if you want to, I'll develop my radio personality.

The capacity to persuade is an essential part of being a great leader.

People appreciate and follow the person who can persuade them properly. Make that person you.

I know how to win people over if things aren't going my way.

It may sound like showing off, but I am good in communications and in creating harmony.

I am good at persuading people. In convincing the other, I try to start from their point of view so it's easier for me to find a common denominator.

When you're trying to persuade people, more often than not, they feel you're being pushy. When you focus on influencing them, they're much less defensive and open to hearing what you have to say.

Learning how to get a point across is pretty useful in any situation.

Persuasiveness is really just about getting your ideas across without being forceful. It's a skill that can be learned and is useful for anyone who works in a team environment.