‘What are the best psychological mind tricks you know?’ – 23 amazing methods of misdirection and suggestion
13.
‘The best lies have elements of the truth with subtle changes to suit the perception you want others to accept as the reality.’
–TurkeyKingTim
14.
‘Letting people who are wrong think they are right and then minding my own business. Saves me maaaad energy and peace of mind. They can never know my Jedi ways.’
–ArcherInArcher
15.
‘Brush your teeth after dinner. If you’re like me, having to brush them again before bed is enough of a deterrent to keep me from having a midnight snack.’
–old_qwfwq
16.
‘If you are getting frustrated, force a smile. I think it’s motor neurones’ that control this, could be wrong. Anyways, your brain recognizes some actions as connected to mind state (tense muscles = anxiety, smiling = happy) and will operate backwards. You can relax your muscles to gain calm and you can smile your way to relief from the anger response (source: teacher who smiled at a LOT of fucking kids).’
–rippa76
17.
‘If you need kids to do something or agree to something, tell them you’ll time them.’
–GlenCocoChanel
18.
‘When someone is emotional and telling you why, respond by briefly matching their level of emotion. Then step it back with progressively softer statements ending in a questions and a possible solution. It’s showing them that you are hearing them and care. While subtly descaling.’
–essray22
19.
‘Say thank you more. If you want to get someone to do something positive reinforcement is much more efficacious than punishment.’
–PyroBurns
20.
‘If you have trouble motivating yourself to do something like learn a skill (instrument, language etc.) tell yourself ‘Ok, I’ll sit down and do this for just five minutes’.
A lot of the time you’ll end up going for much longer than five minutes, but even if you don’t it’s still five minutes of practice in whatever the heck you wanted to learn in the first place.’
–Sweaty-Secretary-601
21.
‘Asking for a favour while someone is eating or just finished eating. Their ape brain is happy that food is in belly and they are more agreeable.’
–EmperinoPenguino
22.
‘Stay silent when someone is lying or guilty. They get so uncomfortable in the silence they start back paddling. Silence in general is so powerful. People are naturally uncomfortable by it.’
–BrewUO_Wife
23.
‘If you tell two people they have a crush on each other when they don’t, they just might.’
–Nutsnboldt
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