What different persuasive approaches would you use with the following audiences: a manager, a peer, a challenging person, and an open-minded person? Why would your approach differ with each?

The art of persuasion is not simply forcing someone else to see a point of view, do things a different way, or force someone to believe your opinion. Persuasion is getting a person to do something on their own free will, by making it enticing and/or appealing to them. In order to achieve that, it is crucial to know who the person is, or what they want or need in order to persuade them that they want to see things from your view.

When talking to a manager, persuading them could take combining your desires with their job while making it seem beneficial . Say for instance I want a particular holiday off, I can give him a extra day when I know he needs a break. When talking to a peer often we know what their goal or job is, because it is most likely the same as ours. Scratching someone's back will get you far, but using data and facts to a peer will persuade them in my opinion because they would be skeptical. To a challenging person persuasion could be hard, because they will challenge anything said, simply to be challenging. To an open minded person maybe an honest genuine approach would be successful because they are willing to accept new thoughts and ideas without any other blocks.

Each person is different and has desires, attributes, jobs, and goals differently. In order to be successful persuading them, we must adapt (conform) to the way they are, instead of trying to force them adaptation of my