Quote Originally Posted by William View Post
Because of differences in IQ and differences in perspectives, it is best to relate to others through emotion and feelings. People's logic and reasoning and rationality will always clash, but people will be receptive towards you if their hearts feel your love and they know you care about them.

'People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.'

This idea is used in marketing/business often, designing commercials with an emotional appeal. Politicians throughout history have packaged and paraphrased very complex ideas into simple, relatable phrases that everyone can understand.

Think 'Speak softly and carry a big stick'. Think 'New Deal'. 'I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with terrible resolve'. Some quotes throughout history are simple sentences that have been condensed to explain complex military strategy or to cover up hidden motives and agendas.

Personally, I greatly improved my communication skills after working in sales, and I would highly recommend taking a sales position for everyone at some point in their life, the earlier the better. It doesn't matter how much 'English' or 'grammar' or 'communication' you think you may have learned sitting in a classroom or reading a book. The real communicators are the salespeople who have to relate to every different personality type, weather people's emotional tirades, and focus people's understanding and reasoning in an appealing way that will benefit them. Salespeople essentially are the master psychologists.
Manipulation <> understanding <> knowledge.