Persuasive Messages

Persuasive messages are often the most difficult messages to effectively communicate to your peers. Whether it be an idea, recommendation, or variation thereof - more often than not - early in your career you will be met with resistance from higher ranking associates. Resistance is often detrimental to confidence in any young business persons career. But fear not, presenting your persuasive message and having it shot down is normal. Higher ranked employees will be quick to jump to the conclusion that you are young and inexperienced - not ready to make recommendations. Furthermore, they may fear that you will take their jobs. The important thing to remember is to be persistant- persuasive messages are almost never understood in first communications. Case in point being: the man who shows up to an employer seeking employment for a month straight will almost always persuade that employer to hire them for the job, over the individual who shows up with a university degree wearing flip flops and a doo rag.