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Sharon Hudson's avatar

๐™„ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ, ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™™๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™ฎ, ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™™๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™›๐™š๐™š๐™ก ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š, ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™๐™–๐™จ ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ข๐™ฎ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™, ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ง๐™  ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™ฉ! ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™–๐™ ๐™š๐™จ ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™! ๐™„ ๐™ฌ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ข๐™ฎ "๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™—๐™ค๐™ญ!" ๐™๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ ๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™š-๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง!

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รlvaro Garcรญa's avatar

Hello Sharon! :)

I'm happy that it inspired you. And yes, it works the same with children and adults. It's a simple way to win the friendship of someone you've just met and to strengthen a difficult relationship. As you say, it pays to have it in your โ€œtoolboxโ€.

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Curing Crime's avatar

I think another aspect of this is that if Person A asks Person B for help or for a favor. It means that Person A holds Person B in high esteem, at least concerning the matter at hand. Thus, there is flaterry implied.

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รlvaro Garcรญa's avatar

Hello Curing! :)

Yes, indeed, basically that's part of the explanation why this effect happens. Ben Franklin's story points to just what you have described.

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