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How to Get What You Want Without Asking For It [2018] (Polite Request Communication Skill)

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In this video I discuss how to make a request indirectly, by asking about the listener's (the requestee's) ability to do the requested act, their willingness to do the act, your desire to have the act done, etc. I give several examples of everyday requests made indirectly.

Indirectness can be used to make a request politely or to make it in such a way that the intention is deniable (because you didn't make the request "on the record."

Politeness is a critical communication skill, and indirectness is a core element of politeness.

I also touch on several other key topics in communication theory, including the cooperative principle, Gricean maxims and Brown and Levinson's politeness theory.

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How Communication Works published this 12:26 video tutorial on November 12, 2018. It has been watched 6,322 times on YouTube.

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