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A Word On How To Earn Negative Points With People

The easiest way to put people off and eventually put them against you is to hurt their pride. The problem is that dealing with people is not a science. People react to emotion rather than logic and thusly their reactions are not always logical. Things as simple as responding to a question could spawn emotions that put the questioner on the defensive. Rather than obtaining a warm and friendly conversation, a gritty and tense one forms. Take for example something that happened to me recently.
I was at work enjoying some water-cooler-talk at a co-worker’s desk. From the other side … Continue Reading