Happiness in this World » discussing http://www.happinessinthisworld.com Reflections of a Buddhist Physician Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:24:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Getting People To Change Their Minds http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2010/02/14/getting-people-to-change-their-minds/ http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/2010/02/14/getting-people-to-change-their-minds/#comments Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:39:11 +0000 Alex Lickerman http://www.happinessinthisworld.com/?p=4518 Changing another person’s mind is literally one of the hardest things to do in the world.  Think of how many conversations you’ve ever had in which one of the participants decided the other was right and abandoned their previous views altogether.  It almost never happens.

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