Usually the best statement isn't a statement at all it is a very well crafted question.
That's because people don't like to feel wrong and also think about this.
Do you think that you can make up somebody else's mind really?
Do you think that by telling somebody what to think that they are genuinely going to think that? maybe
that happens in some cases but in a lot of cases that's not the way it works. In general,
people need to form their own ideas and the best way to do that is to pose the right question.
So for example let's say that you're at a networking event right?
You're talking to a few people and somebody says you know I think art has no value in society.
I don't know why we keep on issuing grants to artists.
How would you respond to that
If you don't believe that but not with a statement rather with a question? I'll pause the video and then
I'll share my response with you.
All right.
My response to somebody saying something like that would be something like this.
Do you not think that Pablo Picasso's designs have anything to do with the way that we design things
even on the web today?
The thing is by posing the right question you are making a statement and maybe you'll cause the other
person to change their mind organically which is a much more powerful outcome than you telling them
what to think.