National Blog Posting Month – January 2014 – Pressure
Prompt – Are you good at influencing other people?
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*waves hand like Obi Wan*
You want to do your homework.
*waves hand again*
You really want to do your homework.
*shrugs*
Or just do what you want.
I like to think I can influence people. I don’t know if I really do, although I must admit, I’ve had a lot of my students lately telling me that they’ve decided they want to major in geology now.
*shrug*
Maybe they always wanted to be geoscientists. Or maybe it is me.
So I don’t know if I really influence people, but at least people regard me positively and see my interests in a positive light because I’m always so darn enthusiastic about them.
Is that influence?
Penny Higgins - Storyteller • Artist • Scientist 
Are you confusing “influence” with “persuade”? (Had you said “or else” I would have wondered about “coerce”. 😉 ) The thing about influencing someone is that your effect isn’t usually revealed until sometime later. It’s more indirect that trying to get someone to do his homework. Give it a decade or two. 🙂
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