After pondering back in time and thinking on my past arguments, I found that either I defend myself and prove my point quite well, or I get too sentimental and sadly spoil my point of view, and lose: Oops. Rather than trying to "Stimulate my audience's emotions. Change its opinions. Get it to act" (Pg.22). I many times overwhelm them with emotion, such as anger, or try to shove my opinions down their throats rather than trying to discretely convince them. Oops again, this is strike one.
As I said before my feelings many times get in the
middle of my argument, many times turning it into a fight. I recall my
uncountable discussions with my sister that morphed into fights. Nonetheless,
this used to happen when I was much younger and as she is four years older than
me, she possessed a great advantage over myself. She always knew best and knew
more than me. She had the best comebacks, which made me furious because I
thought it was very unfair. I felt that just because I was younger It didn't
mean I was stupider, so I used to get very any at her snappy comebacks and
"I know everything 'cause I’m older" attitude. Afterwards, no
matter what we had been arguing about, I started to cry out of anger. I didn’t start
sobbing, tears simply started pouring out of my eyes and there was no way I
could control it. Nowadays, though its not as exaggerated I tend to have the
same reaction when I get really mad in an argument. I start crying, and it’s
horrible.
Strike two, and strike three. I’m out. I really need
to learn how to control myself in many situations and learn to truly persuade
people without my feelings getting in the way. I failed in my methods once
again. I need to learn how to differentiate an argument from a fight too. All
of this makes me love the book even more, and is the reason why I think this
book is going to become my new best friend. It will turn me into a master
of persuasion.
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