If someone you’re talking to is trying to avoid answering a question, just make a pause in the conversation while still keeping eye contact. They’ll feel uncomfortable and will keep talking. Chances are they’ll give you more details about the issue you’re interested in. They may even start telling you the truth if they were lying, as they’ll believe that your silence and your look are signs that you already know the real facts.
4. Ask Them to Explain
Let’s say you’ve started a new job or school. If you want someone in the office or class to like you, just ask them to explain something to you. It doesn’t matter if you know the answer or not; this will improve the other person’s overall attitude towards you and earn you some extra brownie points.
5. Get an Affirmative Answer
When asking a question that you want an affirmative answer to, try nodding subtly as you make your request. This trick is often used by restaurant employees to make guests buy more food, and it’s pretty effective.
6. Take Advantage of Concentration
If a person is really concentrated on a task, let’s say they’re in the middle of a serious phone conversation, you can extend your hand to them and get anything they’re holding at the moment. They might not even remember later on. The trick works the other way around too; you can give them something as you’re talking to them, and they won’t even notice. Pretty helpful when you’re cleaning up or moving to a new house.
7. Make a Request
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