To influence people don't try to persuade them, use ‘pre-suasion’ instead
"Pre-suasion" is another word for priming.[1] Incidentally, priming is one of the most prominent areas of social science that was once considered solid, but has now become under increased scrutiny due to failed replications.[2][3]<p>[1]<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priming_(psychology)</a>
[2]<a href="http://www.chronicle.com/article/Power-of-Suggestion/136907/" rel="nofollow">http://www.chronicle.com/article/Power-of-Suggestion/136907/</a>
[3]<a href="http://psych.stanford.edu/~michael/papers/Ramscar-Shaoul-Baayen_replication.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://psych.stanford.edu/~michael/papers/Ramscar-Shaoul-Baa...</a>