The world's smallest firearm. The world's smallest working revolver
This book is dedicated to the four most important women in my life: my grandmother, Edith Ramsay McManus, my mother, Joanna Lakhani-Willard, my wife, Stephanie Lakhani, and my daughter, Ostry Rain Lakhani. And also to my brothers: Bill Willard Jr., Mike Willard. And to my closest friends: Thomas "Ted" Goodier, Bill Braseth, Rodney Schlintz, Steve Watts, Ronald "John" Stuckey.
Opening remarks
Everyone tries to convince people from the very beginning. early childhood. Everyone does it differently. Crying, smiling, banging his fist on the table. It's primitive, but it works. Remember going to the supermarket with your mother. Surely they were begging for candy or a toy? Here This and there is an attempt to convince.
Remember your first dates at school? This I also had experience in acquiring persuasion skills. Unfortunately, it turns out that as soon as you acquire your first stack of business cards, the tenacity that you associated with your ability to convince others suddenly disappears somewhere.
Not at all. This book will answer many questions from those who want to be more convincing, no matter what it concerns - trade, the service sector, communication with employees of your enterprise, relationships with relatives or friends.
Getting others to see the world through your eyes, accept your ideas, make your wishes come true, or simply agree with you is both an art and a science.
The ability to persuade is not only the ability to sell. Being persuasive is vital important quality for everyone who wants to succeed.
By reading this book, you will quietly change many of your ideas. You will begin to wonder how best to dress and what position your body should be in during a conversation. Follow every piece of advice from the author and you will succeed. What could be better for a person comprehending the intricacies of the science of persuasion than to be convinced by someone, to accept the right decision and love the result?
In this science, the main thing is that the person who made the decision you need feels comfortable afterwards. To make this possible, you must learn to understand how best to persuade.
The simplest recipe: make others convince yourself. To do this, ask them a lot of questions.
The result of your work is the point of view that you managed to change. The secret to success lies in two words: no manipulation. The process of persuasion involves long-term cooperation.
The ability to persuade is art.
The ability to persuade is science.
The ability to persuade is search for compromises.
The ability to persuade is communication skills.
The ability to persuade is the ability to ask questions to clarify the situation.
The ability to persuade is the ability to make another person convince oneself.
The ability to persuade is rational use principles of persuasion.
The ability to persuade is achieving the desired result.
The ability to persuade is, finally, victory.
“I did it my way!” - is sung in a famous song. But if Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley were masters of persuasion, they would sing like this: “I did it my way, and everyone agreed with me!” Explore everything possible ways make others see the world through your eyes. If you agree with what I told you, turn this page...
Jeffrey Gitomer
Preface
If I had remained naked and barefoot in any city in America, by the evening of that day I would have had clothes, food, shelter, a place to make money, new followers and enough money to start over. Why? Yes, simply because I know exactly how to convince people to do what we need to do together to achieve our goals.
Dave Lakhani
Almost every element of human relationships assumes that at least one side is trying to convince the other of something. This is especially true for people working in the field of trade, participants in various negotiations, employees of advertising agencies, copywriters and PR managers. Many scientists are well acquainted with this process, but only a few of them constantly apply the accumulated knowledge in practice. They often neglect the fundamental rules of survival. They treat it as a process that can be resorted to when necessary, not realizing that persuasion is not a tool that is used “at will”; its application in everyday practice is a matter of survival. By by and large, our whole life is an ongoing process of persuasion, and its quality depends on how well we convince ourselves, how we convince others, and how these others influence our own ideas.
At the beginning of the book, you will learn how I began studying the process of persuasion 24 years ago and what knowledge I have accumulated since then. You will also learn how to influence people's opinions during a conversation with them, through the means mass media, through advertising, as well as in the trading process. I'll tell you what you need to do to become more persuasive, charismatic, and learn how to get what you want from people. I'll show you how to make persuasion part of your everyday life. And it will become as natural to you as walking or talking.
This book is significantly different from any other book devoted to the issues of persuasion, trading and negotiation. This is done because I do not want to categorize, based on scientific evidence, the reasons why people make certain decisions, or describe algorithms for how to make your listeners or interlocutors think differently. At the outset I aim to show the difference between the processes of persuasion and manipulation. The next section examines the basic issues and tools for quick persuasion.
My only one real interest in life (and hopefully yours too) is to be convincing, and to do it quickly. So I find the most effective approach is when I give you general idea I explain all the elements of the process and why they matter to us, and then we discuss in more detail how to make them work. I'm not going to bore you with an inordinate number of links, but will only give you those that will help you succeed.
Finally, in last section I describe the books formula of belief(Persuasion Equation™), which ties together all the elements of the persuasion process and provides a practical format for how to quickly persuade anyone. Participants in my seminars have identified this information as dangerous and brilliant. And this is not surprising, since the Persuasion Formula helps you use all the tools you have previously learned to get people to accept your position or do what you want them to do. People consider the formula ingenious because it is easy to use, but dangerous because it describes a process that is used to manipulate other people's opinions. Whether your actions constitute manipulation depends only on your intentions, and only you can make the final decision on this matter.
The interesting thing is that whether persuasion is your daily practice or you just want to persuade someone to come on a date with you, the science I teach people works flawlessly. I described various ways organization of the persuasion process, and I hope this information will be valuable to you. So, I included chapters on writing, negotiating, creating advertising and trading. They will allow you to understand how to organize the process of persuasion in specific professional situations and make it most effective.
Chapter 6. The art of persuasion
Have you ever wondered how one person can completely change our point of view - and now we voluntarily do what we categorically rejected an hour ago. At the same time, another may speak even until the second coming, but will not change our opinion one iota. How does a person convince us to buy an item that a few minutes ago we considered completely unnecessary? It's simple: he is a master of persuasion.
From the book Psychology of Love and Sex [Popular Encyclopedia] author Shcherbatykh Yuri ViktorovichChapter 9 The Art of Seduction The moral aspect of the problem A shameless artist is a subject who, pretending to be a seducer, lures a girl into his studio and paints her portrait there. Karl Kraus In the new, third edition of this book, the tenth chapter has been revised
From the book Social Influence author Zimbardo Philip GeorgeCompetitive approach: can justice be found by competing in persuasion? In the USA, Canada and UK court decisions are made in a competitive environment known as the adversarial justice system. There are two parties involved in the process.
From the book How to Manage Others, How to Manage Yourself. author Sheinov Viktor PavlovichTHE ART OF PERSUASING 1.1. PERSUASION, COERCION, COMPROMISE? Managing your interlocutor There are two ways to ensure that your interlocutor does what you want: / O Persuade © Force If neither succeeds, you will have to make mutual concessions, that is
From the book Talking like Putin? Speak better than Putin! author Apanasik ValeryThe art of persuasion Fortunately, or perhaps unfortunately for the speaker, speech consists of words. From words that may or may not be true, convincing or provocative irresistible desire argue. Alas, it is not enough just to be
From the book How to become a real woman by Enikeeva DilyaTHE ONE WHO CAN'T BE CONSUCTION FIGHTS In the summer, parents understand why teachers are so nervous... D.E. When mother and daughter conflict, mothers usually say: - I'm older, I'm more experienced, I know better! Are mothers right when they say that? Not always, you know. And yet I do not advise you
From the book How to Develop the Ability to Hypnotize and Persuade Anyone by Smith SvenSven Smith How to develop the ability to hypnotize and persuade someone
From the book Manipulator [Secrets of successful human manipulation] author Adamchik Vladimir Vyacheslavovich From the book How to Say No Without Remorse [And Say Yes to Free Time, Success, and Everything That Matters to You] by Brightman PattiWhen they start convincing you: You like it, and I wish you great success in your business. But it’s not my thing, it doesn’t attract me at all, so it’s unlikely that anything good will come of it. But thanks anyway. I don't like selling. If I liked this activity, I would do it
From the book Conflict Management author Sheinov Viktor PavlovichInability to persuade as a source of conflict In order to identify a possible connection between the inability to persuade and the occurrence of conflicts, the survey of 460 experts presented in section 1.3 included relevant questions. To the question “Do conflicts arise due to
From the book Psychology of Motivation [How deep attitudes influence our desires and actions] author Halvorson Heidi GrantHow to Persuade People with the Right Motivational Message In his bestselling book, The Psychology of Influence, famous expert Robert Cialdini is convinced that he named six tools of influence that help direct human behavior in the right direction
From the book Tough Negotiations, or simply about difficult things author Kotkin DmitryChapter 10 What is business rhetoric or How to properly convince an opponent Since the custom of wearing a sword has come out, it is absolutely necessary to have a sharp tongue...! (Heinrich Heine) What emotions does the word “rhetoric” evoke in you, dear reader? Well, many will exclaim,
From the book Authority. How to become confident, significant and influential author Goyder CarolinaHow to Inspire, Engage, and Convince If your actions inspire people to dream more, learn more, do more, and achieve more, then you are a leader. John Quincy Adams, US President Economist Alfred Marshall urged his colleagues to join the ranks of those who
From the book Millionaire in a Minute. Direct path to wealth author Hansen Mark Victor From the book How to Win People Over by Carnegie DaleThe ability to persuade can be learned. Some are born with a talent for music and art, others with a talent for persuasion. But most people can learn to be persuasive. Darlena D., an HR manager for a cosmetics company, struggled with constant tardiness.
From the book Humor as a way of influence author Sheinov Viktor PavlovichPart 1 How to persuade with the help of humor Implement Enlightenment with moderation, avoiding bloodshed whenever possible. M.E.
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The small size of the cartridge and, as a result, a small powder charge, make the C1ST revolver the safest firearm. A revolver bullet moves in the barrel at a speed of 122 m/sec and has an energy of 0.71 Joule at exit. This means that if you shoot someone at point-blank range with this revolver, that person may feel, at most, something like a needle prick.
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Since 2005, Swiss Minigun has produced C1ST revolvers only in very small quantities. Despite the fact that this weapon is considered the smallest, it is by no means cheap. A silver revolver with a wooden handle will cost 5.5 thousand dollars, and a gold revolver with a handle inlaid with diamonds will cost around 20 thousand dollars.
Does size matter if we're talking about about firearms? History shows how. Gunsmiths experimented with the length and weight of pistols very often, trying to achieve optimal sizes. Of course, revolvers with huge barrels can scare people just by their appearance, but in some circumstances they are simply not convenient. And then a completely different kind of weapon comes to the rescue: like, for example, these seven smallest, but quite lethal pistols.