How to Convince Someone to Believe in Something?

Psychology of Convincing Someone

Convincing someone to believe you is all about convincing him to either accept a new belief or update his knowledge or beliefs about an existing idea.

Not all people will accept your ideas from the first attempt but the good news is that there are rules that if used correctly will increase your chance of convincing other people to believe you.

If the person you want to convince has prior knowledge or experience about what you're trying to convince him with then your primary goal is to shake his beliefs and to proof him wrong and after that you can present him with your own idea.

If the person does not have a previous idea about that thing then you can just start by telling him about your beliefs right away.

Why Can't I Convince Other People?

Before learning how to convince someone to believe in something or to accept your idea you should first know the reasons that generally make people oppose ideas and new beliefs:

• Belief Conflict: If one of your friends told you that the earth does not orbit the sun, what will be your response? Of course you wont believe him since you already know that all nine planets orbit the sun. You already have an opposing belief and that's why you didn't believe him. So the first obstacle facing your friend when trying to convince you to believe in his idea is your belief system.
• Knowledge: The greater a person’s knowledge about something the harder will it be to convince him. What do you think will happen if you tried to convince an astronomy professor that the sun is only 1000 km away from the earth? He'll never believe you because he already has deep knowledge about the subject and he might have scientific proves that go against your claims. Thus the second obstacle to convincing people is their level of knowledge about the topic. As you may have already noticed, the first two obstacles (old beliefs and knowledge) can be grouped under one thing which is having another belief that contradicts with yours.
• Skeptics: Skeptics are people who doubt almost everything and everyone. They never accept anything unless they are truly sure of it. If you are dealing with a skeptic person then this will add further difficulties.

How to Convince Someone to Believe in Something

Based on the previous obstacles we can come up with counter techniques that can highly increase the probability of your success when trying to convince someone. Those techniques are:

• Shaking His Existing Belief: The more assertive and confident you sound while talking about your belief the higher will be the possibility of shaking the other person's belief about that thing (provided that he does not have much knowledge about it). Speak in a confident way, useconfident body language gestures, use a confident tone of voice and you will find that the other person is starting to doubt his own beliefs.
• Undermine His Knowledge Base: Even if you were confident while talking the other person's knowledge base could act as a barrier to convincing him with your ideas. That’s why convincing a person that you know more than him is more important than trying to convince him of your idea itself. If you managed to convince the person that you know more than he him then you will become a trusted source for his subconscious mind and it will become much easier for you to program him (see subconscious mind programming for more information on this). You don’t need magic to do this, you just have to be ready with proper documentation and solid facts. The more clear your evidence is and the more you will be able to undermine his own knowledge base the easier will it become to convince him with your point of view.(See the power of knowledge in negotiations).
• Provide Proofs for the Skeptic: Contrary to common beliefs skeptics can believe in anything provided that you give them clear evidence to support your idea. The more clues you can provide to strengthen your argument the less skeptic the other person will be and the easier will it be to convince him.
• Program His Subconscious Mind: The subconscious mind can be programmed by repetition: the more a statement is repeated the more it can shake an already existing belief provided that 1) either the conscious mind is absent or 2) that the source of the idea is trusted. For more information on programming someone’s mind check out this guide. You can even program someone to fall in love with you, in my book, how to make someone fall in love with you i pointed out how can repeating certain words or phrases result in making someone fall in love with you. Its no magic, beliefs are formed by repetition and if you managed to repeat a certain belief enough times, the other person may actually start to believe in it too
• Believing in Your Idea: Did you notice that when a person strongly believes in an idea he usually manages to convince others to believe in it too? The entrepreneur who always believed that his idea is worthy usually succeeds in building a very good business. The more you believe in your idea the more confident and convincing you will sound when talking about it.
• Repetition and the Law of Attraction: You can program someone’s mind over time. Each time you meet him talk a little about your idea then leave him. The phrases you have said to him will not be removed by his subconscious mind but instead they will be stored until something reinforces them. For example, if you kept telling your friend that he is a poor driver, he may not believe you until he happens to have an accident. When this happens he will remember all of your comments about his driving skills and will be convinced that you are right
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•  How to convince people by using the law of attraction??

every critical comment gets stored in your subconscious mind

Every scene that you see, every word that you hear and everything that happens around you is not discarded but instead it gets stored in your subconscious mind and this includes the critical comments you do received throughout your life.

How to use this information to convince someone

You can use this information to convince someone to believe in your ideas, dream or in yourself. All you will have to do is saw your comment in an assertive way and in a situation where the person is highly receptive.

Although this comment may do nothing at the current moment it will get stored in his subconscious mind where it will be recalled later.

Later on, in a different place and in a different situation say a different comment that is strengthens the same idea you want to convince him with. It will even be better if you can get someone else to do it for you.

By saying different comments in different situations they will get accumulated in the subconscious mind of that person. These comments will slowly erode his own opposing beliefs about that thing. yes it may not convince him at the moment but it will make him much more ready to get convinced.

Any small event could finish the task

If that person you were trying to convince was alone and if any small event happened to him that put additional weight to your idea then his beliefs may change and he may be convinced about your idea without your intervention.

And even if he didn’t believe in your idea still you reduced his strong resistance and made him reach a sate of confusion where he is much more receptive to your future suggestions.

final words about convincing someone

If you couldn’t convince someone from the first attempt then don’t be sad. Your efforts were not lost but it was stored in his subconscious mind.

The next time you talk to him about the same thing you will be resuming your work. Continue doing that gradually until you succeed in convincing the person with your beliefs.

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10 tricks How to convince anyone to do anything?

Everyone has tactics for getting what he or she wants, but you don’t have to resort to unorthodox methods to get your way. The power of persuasion rests on getting people to do what you want willingly, resulting in a win-win scenario for everyone involved.

Here are 10 tricks to help you master the art of persuasion (which equals more money):

1. Start Things Off

People are more likely to be persuaded to complete a task if it’s already been started for them.  For example, on my “Brand Yourself” page, Bruce Deery was the first to brand or promote himself, which will make it easier for others to follow his lead.

2. Help People Imagine

Imagine how relieved you’ll be if you get the job done before going to bed? Don’t pass off tomorrow what you can do today. This tactic paints a vivid picture in the person’s mind of the pleasure if she/he does — or the pain if she/he doesn’t — do what they set to complete.

3. Stress Their Loss

This is huge with internet marketing. We’re more persuaded by the thought of losing something than the thought of gaining (i.e. “this product will never be released in the future, obtain it NOW”).

4. Give First

People are instinctively trained to return a favor. And, thus, think of doing the initial good deed as an investment (promote other people, give advice without asking for coaching fees, etc ) in turn, people will feel compelled to do things for you.

5. Over-ask

People feel a sense of guilt when they refuse a request. If the second request is something they can afford to comply with, then typically they’ll grab the opportunity (i.e. adding a pop up on your website when one decides to leave without purchasing your offer)

6. Make Them Laugh

If I can get you to laugh with me, you in turn like me better, which makes you more open to my ideas. And if I can make you laugh at particular points I make, by laughing you acknowledge it as true. People generally laugh at things that identify with them. This backs the whole “Know – Like – Trust” theory!  

7. Use “We”

The use of “we” immediately conveys a sense of belonging, commonality, support and community. (i.e. we’ve worked through this before; we can work through it again)

8. Majority Rules

When persuading, point to evidence of what others are doing that is similar to what you are trying to persuade the other person to do.  For example, if promoting a product show feedback from others who have used the product and received stellar results (i.e. “Social Proof”).

9. Be Positive

People are more likely to be persuaded to behave in certain ways if they have acted that way before — and it has been noticed.  No one wants to work with negativity or pessimistic people, always convey an uplifting and encouraging demeanor.

10. Have Good Timing

Sometimes it’s not what you ask for but when you ask for it.. People are more persuaded immediately after thanking someone, and they are at their most persuasive after being thanked, so it’s the perfect time to ask for a favor