When someone tells you straight out, “You inspired me!”, the almost instantaneous thought that come to mind is, “What did I do?” After hearing the reasons, you probably said, “I was just doing my job; or that’s just me.”
Unknowingly, you stumbled upon the secret of true persuasion. You may ask: “what is the difference between persuasion and manipulation?”
Manipulation is also a form of persuasion. A salesman that is out to fool an unwitting client into purchasing a lousy product puts on a game face and extols the merits of something …

On Turning the Other Cheek
You know, I have actually had a lot of clients who were of the Christian faith just as I am and I have found that there are some ideas going around about the teachings of Jesus that are pretty whacky.
I want to talk to you a bit today about this idea of “turning the other cheek” which Jesus of Nazareth spoke of in the book of Matthew.
If you’re interesting in reading this account in detail it can be found in the famous “Sermon on the Mount” …