Title: Five Tips for Expressing Opinions Politely ⋆ Social Skills Company
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Five Tips for Expressing Opinions Politely

Content: Gatto is not interested in his listener actually thinking about the topic, he is more interested in swaying his listener to think as he thinks. 5. Have an Informed Opinion. People’s opinions are interesting when the person is informed about the topic. Solid evidence that can be backed up makes for a far more compelling opinion than one with no real knowledge behind it. A child who has an opinion about politics based on snippets of conversation he hears in passing is less informed than a seasoned adult who reads newspapers and watches the evening news. You may prefer the side of the aisle that the child seems to lean better than that of the adult, however that doesn’t make the child’s opinion more reliable. If you asked the child to defend his opinion with fact it is likely his argument would fall apart. It is hard to take someone’s opinion seriously if the person appears to be making statements that are incompatible with observations and reality. Steven Covey wrote in his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: