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In reality, by conceding his point, I persuaded him. If I had simply said, “Don’t be a jerk and get me some toothpaste,” George might have stood there arguing. Instead I made him feel triumphant, triumph made him benevolent, and that got me exactly what I wanted. I achieved the pinnacle of persuasion: not just an agreement, but one that gets an audience—a teenage one at that—to do my bidding. No, George, I win.
Thank You for Arguing
Jay Heinrichs
No one writes perfect software, so it’s a given that debugging will take up a major portion of your day.
The Pragmatic Programmer
Andrew Hunt;David Thomas
One of the benefits of skin-to-skin contact seems to be increased breastfeeding success. Perhaps for this reason, breastfeeding success also seems to be increased by delaying the bath past the first few hours.1 Since there is no actual reason to give the baby a bath, this is a perfectly sensible reason to delay.
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