The Art of Always Being Right
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The Art of Always Being Right

The 38 Subtle Ways of Persuation

  1. 204 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Art of Always Being Right

The 38 Subtle Ways of Persuation

About this book

'Beware who you give this book to.' Financial Times 'I recommend that you keep this delightful essay at your side.' Observer 'Dryly witty essay' Alain de Botton, Sunday Telegraph We all sit through meetings with that one person who seems to be able to persuade everyone. What is their secret? Are they more gifted than we are? Or is it just that they are very skilled in the art of persuation? That is exactly what it is. They are people who use subtle tricks to convince other people to agree with them. Based on a lifetime of observing opinion-forming by two authors, The Art of Always Being Right shows you the 38 ways that will convince people that you are right. Master them all and success is guaranteed.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Praise
  3. Title Page
  4. Index
  5. The Truth
  6. Introduction
  7. The Art of Always Being Right
  8. 1: Extension
  9. 2: Homonyms
  10. 3: Generalise your opponent’s specific statements
  11. 4: Conceal your game
  12. 5: False premises
  13. 6: Postulate what has to be proven
  14. 7: Yield admissions through questions
  15. 8: Make your opponent angry
  16. 9: Question in detouring order
  17. 10: Take advantage of the no-sayer
  18. 11: Generalise admissions of specific cases
  19. 12: Choose metaphors favourable to your proposition
  20. 13: Agree to reject the counter-argument
  21. 14: Claim victory despite defeat
  22. 15: Use seemingly absurd propositions
  23. 16: Use your opponent’s views
  24. 17: Defence through subtle distinction
  25. 18: Interrupt, break-up, divert the debate
  26. 19: Generalise the matter, then argue against it
  27. 20: Draw conclusions yourself
  28. 21: Counter with an argument as bad as his
  29. 22: Beg the question
  30. 23: Make him exaggerate
  31. 24: State a false syllogism
  32. 25: Find the instance to the contrary
  33. 26: Turn the tables
  34. 27: Anger indicates a weak point
  35. 28: Persuade the audience, not the opponent
  36. 29: Diversion
  37. 30: Appeal to authority rather than reason
  38. 31: This is beyond me
  39. 32: Put his thesis into some odious category
  40. 33: It applies in theory, but not in practice
  41. 34: Don’t let him off the hook
  42. 35: Will is more effective than insight
  43. 36: The Vicar of Wakefield
  44. 37: A faulty proof refutes his whole position
  45. 38: The ultimate strategy
  46. I: Appendix
  47. II: Appendix
  48. III: Appendix
  49. Schopenhauer’s Pessimism
  50. Translator’s Note
  51. Copyright