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    Persuasion Systems Entry #0261

    Why the word because works even with a weak reason

    A request carrying any reason at all is granted more often than the same request carrying none, and the reason does not have to survive inspection.

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    The hidden part #0261

    Compliance often answers the grammar of a reason rather than its content.

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    Persuasion Systems Entry #0264

    The reason a request is stronger when it names a cost

    An unspecified ask is priced by the listener at the worst plausible amount. Naming the cost replaces that estimate with a number you chose.

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    The hidden part #0264

    An unspecified request is priced at the worst plausible cost. A stated one is priced at the figure you named.

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