Psychological Tricks Can Affect Others’ Thoughts!

Everyone is unique in their own way, but humans have basically the same traits. This allows you to make bonds with other people and more importantly hack their way of thinking.

Taking advantage of what everyone already has is certainly possible to influence other people’s decisions and opinions about their ideas and situations. Like some of these helpful psychological tricks that have a powerful effect on almost everyone.

Silence can be an exciting start

During awkward silence with someone you want to get to know, ask them something about themselves. Even the quietest people enjoy talking about themselves. They will ask you something and you will turn the silence into a smooth conversation.

Do what other people do

The way to influence the other person’s mind well is to imitate what the other person is doing. Copying is not always a bad thing. Imitation is meant here as a way to join others, of course by imitating the positives. The researchers found that people were more open to people who acted the same way as them. By imitating, we give them confidence that what they are doing is right.

Create the vision of choice

If you need someone’s help, start by asking for help with a more difficult task to do before notifying your initial request. After turning down the bigger things, people tend to take seemingly easy requests.

This also works when you are trying to convince someone. Give them two options at the same time: the thing you want and another task that is more difficult to accomplish. What you will achieve with this is to make your actual request appear simpler compared to other requests.

Create a reaction to observe 

When you’re in a new environment or group, make a joke or tell a funny story to watch people’s reactions. Closer people will look at each other while laughing and this will help you to understand the bonds and define the relationships between friends.

Compliment others

If you describe someone else as kind, others will recognize you as kind. People associate the attributes you use to describe others in the group with your own personality.

A study in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology suggests that spontaneous transmission of a trait is true even when people know that a trait has nothing to do with who they are talking about.

If you describe someone else as generous and kind, others will know you by the same token. The opposite is also true. If you constantly say bad things about others, your friends will gradually link those negative traits to their knowledge of you.

Asking too much

The trick is to ask at first for much more than we want or need, to lower our request later. You start by launching a really exaggerated request to someone; a request will most likely be rejected. Then he comes back shortly after and wonders for something a lot less exorbitant, which is actually what we really wanted in the first place.

This trick may also sound counter-intuitive, but the idea behind it is that the person feels bad about denying our first request, even though it was unreasonable, so when something reasonable is asked, they will feel more compelled to help this time.

Trying to build trust 

When you are trying to build trust in a social setting, admit your little mistakes to others. This will give you an advantage, even if there is a dispute.

Perform repetitions

Repetition is one of the best ways to create concrete ideas in people’s minds. If you want to impose your opinion on others, just repeat it in a different context or simply say the same thing in conversation with a different expression. After hearing the same thing several times, people will take the idea as their own because their brain will refer to the idea as something familiar or familiar.

Giving criticism politely

It is necessary to point out the mistakes of the interlocutor to help them. However, you need to provide criticism in a positive, indirect way so as not to embarrass them. Make a few compliments first for the things they managed to do, then point out any points that need improvement. Avoid using harsh and aggressive words, use polite and simple words. Do not do it in front of other people, but only in private.

Conclusion

Those are some tips that are the key to influencing other people’s minds. Do you have any mind tricks that you’ve tried before? Share your experience in the comments column.