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The Science of Persuasion | Vanessa Bohns

10% Happier with Dan Harris

CHAPTER

Getting Perspective, Not Taking Perspective

Researchers have looked at what happens when instead of trying to take perspective, you actually get perspective. The big sort of takeaway from that is not to make assumptions and not to try to guess what's going on in someone else's head. You can test out your influence by asking people for things and see if they agree. People are doing things for you more frequently than you think.

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