A blonde goes into a nearby store and asks a clerk if she can buy the TV in the corner.

The clerk looks at her and says that he doesn't serve blondes, so she goes back home and dyes her hair black.

The next day she returns to the store and asks the same thing, and again, the clerk said he doesn't serve blondes.

Frustrated, the blonde goes home and dyes her hair yet again, to a shade of red.

Sure that a clerk would sell her the TV this time, she returns and asks a different clerk this time.

To her astonishment, this clerk also says that she doesn't serve blondes.

The blonde asks the clerk, "How in the world do you know I am a blonde?"

The clerk looks at her disgustedly and says,"That's not a TV -- it's a microwave!"
 

One day, while a blonde was out driving her car, she ran into a truck.

The truck's driver made her pull over into a parking lot and get out of the car.

He took a piece of chalk and drew a circle on the pavement. He told her to stand in the middle and not leave the circle.

Furious, he went over to her car and slashed the tires.

The blonde started laughing.

This made the man angrier so he smashed her windshield.

This time the blonde laughed even harder.

Livid, the man broke all her windows and keyed her car.

The blonde is now laughing hysterically, so the truck driver asks her what's so funny.

The blonde giggles and replies, "When you weren't looking, I stepped out of the circle three times!"

Two blondes were driving along a road by a wheat field when they saw a blonde in the middle of the field rowing a row boat.

The driver blonde turned to her friend and said "You know - it's blondes like that that give us a bad name!"

To this, the other blonde replies "I know it, and if I knew how to swim, I'd go out there and drown her."
 

Since a key human attribute is stubbornness, even in the face of a reasonable argument, the most effective way to change someone’s mind is to convince them that they, not you, are changing it.  

The following four steps to change someone’s mind are geared toward dealing with mostly trivial things, like picking a movie to attend, choosing an evening or a vacation destination, naming a pet, and similar minor matters that you don’t want to lose. If you’re hoping to change someone’s mind about some high-stakes political issue, such as abortion, or if you’re hoping to sway an atheist into your religious corner, you’ll have better luck putting all your money on a single roulette number in Vegas.  

In order to change someone’s mind successfully, you may need to repeat one or more of these steps, taking a variety of different angles.
 

step 1

Fake consideration

Nobody will open the door to having their minds changed without first being allowed to air their side of the situation, to get it out and make their point. It is important for people not only to be given the opportunity to express it, but also to believe that they are being given the respect they feel is due to them and their opinion.  

Thus, change someone’s mind by first feigning a heartfelt consideration of their suggestion. You want to promote some neutrality, even if it is an illusion, so that you appear to be the one most willing to change your mind. The appearance will go some distance in developing an open atmosphere, one that can encourage others to consider your side while reconsidering their own perspective.
 

step 2

Deliberate and undermine aloud

A second aspect of your fake consideration is to deliberate their suggestion and begin to undermine it out loud. In short, pick apart their suggestion, but in a rational, contemplative manner. To avoid the possibility they might get defensive, try to attribute its weak points to the particular circumstances, not the suggestion itself. In doing so, make sure to emphasize the weak points, but in particular the weak points that your own suggestion is free of.

For instance, if you’re debating a summer vacation with your lady -- she wants Hawaii, you want London -- don’t pillage Hawaii, pillage the details. What are the negative circumstances surrounding Hawaii that can be countered with London?  

Your friend wants to go a club; you’d rather go to a bar. Examine the circumstances; clubs typically have themed nights, so what’s tonight’s theme and why does it sound unappealing? How can you spin it to plant the idea in his head that the girl-guy ratio won’t favor guys? What about the cover and the cost of drinks? You can rely on past experiences as well, but you’ll sound disingenuous and be immediately transparent if you’re not being honest about having experienced the actual circumstances at hand.

The final two steps to change someone’s mind

step 3

Highlight the positives of your suggestion

This is the step in which you sell the vacation in London or happy hour at the bar.  

Having established what’s weak about the other suggestion without appearing to attack the suggestion itself, change someone’s mind by highlighting the positives of your own. However, only do so if you can frame them as the solutions to the weaker points of theirs. In the prior example, you have already laid the groundwork for a certain set of points out of which to craft an argument: Stick to those. In other words, show some consistency without looking too obvious about it.

In emphasizing your suggestion, you need to get the other person to acknowledge how solid your counterpoints are. This is crucial; you want them thinking that they changed their minds on their own.  
 

step 4

Finalize the decision

Wrap it up for both of you by finalizing the decision -- but be subtle. Saying, “Well, clearly your plan sucks; we’ll go with mine” won’t fly. Nor will a summation that recaps all your points; that’s likely to sound a little pompous, like you’re rubbing it in. Instead, wrap it up as though you’re both in agreement.

By and large, the majority of people aren’t going to mount a counter-defense on most minor issues because they’re too lazy or they don’t care. The stubbornness you will encounter is rarely true conviction; at best, it’s just an ego desperate to assert itself. And short of actually getting its way, the next most satisfying thing for the ego is to think it got its way. 

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..SINGLE

Love is like a butterfly – the more you chase it, the more it eludes you. But if you just let it fly, it will come to you when you least expect it. Love can make you happy but often it hurts, but love’s only special when you give it to someone who is really worth it. So take your time and choose the best.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..NOT SINGLE

Love isn’t about becoming somebody else’s “perfect person”. It’s about finding someone who helps you become the best person you can be.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..PLAYBOY/GIRL TYPE

Never say I love you if you don't care. Never talk about feelings if they aren’t there. Never touch a life if you mean to beak a heart. Never look in the eye if all you do is lie. The cruelest thing a guy can do to a girl is to let her fall in love, when he doesn't intend to catch her fall, and it works both ways.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..MARRIED

Love is not about “it’s your fault”, but “I am sorry”. Not “where are you”, but “I am here”. Not “I wish you were” but “thankful you are”.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..ENGAGED

The measure of compatibility is not the years spend together but how good you are for each other.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..HEARTBROKEN

Heart breaks last as long as you want and cut as deep as you allow then to go. The challenge is not how to survive heartbreaks but to learn from them.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..NAIVE

How to be in love: fall but don't stumble, be consistent but not too persistent, share and never be unfair, understand try not to demand, band get hurt but never keep the pain.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..POSSESSIVE

It breaks your heat to see the one you love happy with someone else but it’s more painful to know that the one you love is unhappy with you.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..ARAID TO CONFESS

Love hurts when you break up with someone. It hurts even more when someone breaks up with you. But love hurts the most when the person you love has no idea how you feel.

TO ALL MY FRIENDS WHO………..STILL HOLDING ON

A sad thing about life is when you meet someone and fall in love, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be and that you have wasted years on someone who wasn't worth it. If he isn’t worth it now he is not going to be worth it a year or 10 years from now. Let go………

To all my friends,………..my wish for you is that you find / have someone whose love is honest, strong, mature, never – changing, uplifting, protective, encouraging, rewarding and unselfish.