Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Avoiding Questions



Strategy: Don’t answer the question the way they want you to answer it. Answer the question you wish they asked you.

The Player Example:

Her: “Are you a player?”

You: “You know, that’s very interesting. Many guys get a bad reputation for being attractive to women. They have good social skills, good conversational skills, they get along easily with women, yet immediately it’s assumed they are some kind of promiscuous, deviant, philanderer. I don’t buy into that. Do you?”
You see how you didn’t answer her question? You answered the question you wished she would have asked you. In this case, she is assuming being a player is a bad thing. So the question you do answer is, “Are players actually bad people?”


You’ve never had a girlfriend? Example:

Her: “You’ve never had a girlfriend?”

You: “You know, it’s interesting. Many guys get a bad reputation for being focused and hard working in their studies. Guys who want to improve themselves, guys who are currently focused on developing their future financial stability and freedom, yet immediately it’s assumed they are some kind of loner who hates people, have no social skills, or are losers. I don’t buy that. Do you?”             

You don’t go to parties? Example:

Him: “You don’t go to parties?”

You: “You know, it’s interesting. Some guys get a bad reputation for not being the life of a party, drinking, doing drugs, or anything else that most people associate with college life these days. These guys cherish the friends they have and form very deep and lasting relationships with them. They have good social skills, and care a lot about their friends, yet immediately it’s assumed that they are some kind of loner who hates people, have no social skills, or are losers. I don’t buy that. Do you?”


Resource: Carlos Xuma's Alpha Man Conversation and Persuasion Program

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