How To Deal With "I Know Best Mentality "
How often do you find yourself in a conversation that quickly becomes a debate.
To influence others,you must be aware of how to control a conversation.One way of regaining control is to move the other person's position from one of certainty to one of doubt.
Typically people try to create this position of uncertainty through directly challenging the other person's opinion and perhaps even entering into an argument.
The best way to overcome the I know best mentality of many people is to question thr knowledge on which the other person's opinion was founded.
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