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12 Psychology Hacks You Should Know.

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1. How to win your opponent?

- If you are playing a sport and your opponent is doing good, there is a way to throw them off.

- Ask them about their technique.

- Ask them how they did it.

2. How to overcome eye contact anxiety?

- Look into someone's eye long enough to tell what color they are before you look away.

- A similar trick is to imagine a triangle that connects other person's eyes and mouth and shift your gaze between three points every 5 to 10 second

3. How to detect a secret admirer?

- Try yawning at that moment.

- As we all know, yawns have a strong contagious effect.

- So if your stalker yawns right after you, you can be certain that they were, in fact, watching you.

4. How to become a leader?

- If you want to be a Leader, never act surprised.

- In business, act as if everything, I repeat, everything is a logical consequence of something else that happened.

- This is useful during crisis situations. Always project that you are in control.

5. How to gain favor from unlikely sources?

- Humans are extremely selfish animals, and will take any compliment you throw at them regardless of status.

- For example, you can jump the queue simply by throwing a compliment at the person serving food.

6. How to get path in crowded areas?

- Look in the direction in which you intend to go and watch the walkway just open up.

- In busy areas and crowded streets, people tend to watch other people's eyes to see which direction they will go so they can go the opposite way.

7. How to avoid questions on an irrational request?

- Ask your request to the person after he completes an energy draining task.

- People are less likely to question your request when they are tired.

- They won't have the mental energy to question it.

8. How to Lie Effectively?

- The trick is to pretend that you are terrible at lying

- When you need to lie in small situations, stammer or get very worked up

- This will convince people that you can’t lie

- So, when you actually tell lie, other person will not be suspicious

9. How to win an argument?

- When locked in an argument, take care not to lay down all your cards at once.

- Save your main argument for the last and use only secondary points to stand your ground.

- When you find things going in your stride, flash your main argument to win

10. How to build trust quickly?

- When you’re striking up a conversation with someone, try mirroring their body language.

- Subtly mirroring people’s body language subconsciously makes them think you’re in sync, which works very well for building trust.

11. How to avoid procrastination?

- The trick is to think about your future self whenever you feel like avoiding a responsibility

- For Eg., how would my future self feel if I skipped gym?

- This boils down to delayed gratification, you are likely to take on the responsibility

12. How to become better at reading people?

- Go sit on a bench at the mall and people watch.

- Look at the way a person is walking, Can you tell what it means?

- Look at how different couples interact. Can you tell which couples are getting along and which ones aren't?

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