Issue #4: How I learnt that saying “I don’t know” is the Most powerful answer You can Ever give
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Welcome to Issue #4 of Samuel’s Newsletter - You Can Be Full of Power
In modern times, everyone suddenly has an opinion, made instantaneously transmissible through the medium of the internet. But "I don't know" is slowly becoming an influence technique. – because NO ONE ELSE is saying it.
Normalise not having an opinion on things you don’t understand.
“I don’t know enough about that to have an informed opinion”, has been a fun and empowering phrase to pull out when applicable. It doesn’t diminish confidence, it boosts it.
Napoleon Hill first made that statement during his famous Science of Success lectures delivered in the late nineties. That truth is relevant even today. He quipped that, whenever you felt compelled to say something in response to a comment or question on a subject you felt you knew too little about to make an informed decision, it was best to decline, because saying “I don’t know” opens you up to your most powerful self – the self willing to learn, to be educated, to be….
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Next week, we’ll continue to expand on more thoughts including:
How McKinsey makes over $500,000 on a single presentation in the corporate world with this framework
The four things that psychologists are confident will ultimately determine how you can decide your future
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