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If we are not growing, than we will tend to stagnate and experience bouts
of dissatisfaction at a deeply profound conscious or unconscious level of
awareness.

How can I persuade others by stimulating their
Need for Growth?

Need for Contribution
In order to experience the pinnacle of fulfillment and satisfaction in life,
we will need to satisfy the Need for Contribution. We will naturally seek
to fulfill this Need by working towards a worthy cause that has benefits
for others and to the wider society in general. When the Need for
Contribution has been obtained, than this naturally signifies that all the
other 5 Human Needs have also been fulfilled to a high degree.

How can I persuade others by stimulating their
Need for Contribution?

Pleasure Seeking Motivators
Pleasure is the most powerful emotional need that drives our behavior,
decisions and actions. It is an overwhelming force that motivates people
to undertake temporary periods of pain for the eventual experience of
pleasure that awaits them at the end of the tunnel. As such, utilizing
pleasure to persuade other people to your way of thinking is one of the
most effective tools available in your arsenal.

The following presents a list of common Human Motivators you can
stimulate throughout the persuasive process to persuade others to your
ideas or ways of thinking. As you read through this list, persistently ask
yourself, how you could utilize this information to persuade another
person to support your idea or accept your way of thinking?

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