The Law of Defensiveness

The laws of human nature, seven, soften people's resistance by confirming their self-opinion, the law of defensiveness. Most men seek less to be instructed, and even to be amused, than to be praised and applauded. Malcolm X had a bracing effect on many who felt the same anger he did but were frightened to express it. The royal road to influence and power is to go the opposite direction, put the focus on others. Let them do the talking. Their opinions and values are worth emulating. The causes they support are the noblest. Such attention is so rare in this world, and people are so hungry for it,. That giving them such validation will