When you want someone else to change their behaviour, the quickest way to get there is to go first. 

The greater a persons’ power, the harder it is to empathise with others. 

The quickest way to kill your credibility is to make statements with a questioning tonality. 

The horse is a mirror of your energy and intent.

If your first impression is not warm or likeable then you have a much harder task gaining people's trust in your competence than if they warmed to you right off the bat

When dealing with other people, our ‘truth’ becomes subject to a shared perception of fact.

A common tip to re-enter the conversation is to interject while they pause for breath.

Disagreements often occur at a concrete level of communication. 

When you're making a speech or presenting in a meeting, how comfortable are you with moments of silence or pauses?

In order to ensure your statements are taken on board as you intended and that added information doesn’t contradict your initial statement, replace ‘and’ with ‘but’.