The Only Way on Earth to Influence Others Is to Talk About What You Want

The only way on earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it. For example a one day Ralph Waldo Emerson and his son tried to get a calf into the barn. They made the common mistake of thinking only of what they wanted. The Irish housemaid saw their predicament, she had more horse sense or calf sense than Emerson had. She put her maternal finger in the calf's mouth and let the calf suck her finger as she gently let him enter the barn. Every act you have ever performed since the day you were born was performed because you wanted something. What about the time you gave a large contribution to the Red Cross? Yes,