most recent 30 from http://www.dearvesta.com 2010-07-30T19:27:19Z http://www.dearvesta.com/feeds/question/22 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://www.dearvesta.com/questions/22/how-do-i-plant-a-seed-rather-than-try-to-win-an-argument leeand00 2009-11-04T20:50:56Z 2009-11-05T18:27:58Z

<p>This is an invaluable skill when you're not in a place of authority (as I am not), but when you need to convince an authority figure that the idea was actually theirs <em>(even know it wasn't...)</em>.</p> <p>I'm looking for strategies on how to "plant seeds" as it were, after it was <a href="http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1674915/how-to-teach-someone-that-less-is-more/1674974#1674974" rel="nofollow">suggested</a> by Joel that I try not to win the argument, but rather to plant a seed in hopes of it growing into the authority figures' own idea.</p> <p>I've never been very subtle, but I'm starting to understand the value of being subtle.</p>

http://www.dearvesta.com/questions/22/how-do-i-plant-a-seed-rather-than-try-to-win-an-argument/24#24 JB King 2009-11-05T18:27:58Z 2009-11-05T18:27:58Z

<p><a href="http://www.notesofintelligence.com/influence/basic-summary.html" rel="nofollow">How to Win Friends &amp; Influence People - Basic Summary</a> has some ideas that may be useful from Dale Carnegie's book that is an oldie but a goodie.</p>