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0:00People usually don't break you by using
0:02force or threats. That work is too loud
0:05, and you understand what's happening
0:07quickly. The person who truly leaves
0:10you vulnerable approaches you with a
0:12soft tone and a friendly smile, then
0:14asks you a small question. Schopenhauer
0:17understood this 200 years ago. There
0:19are five questions that, when you hear
0:21them, make you think the person
0:22opposite you is worried about you or
0:24just curious. But each one opens a door
0:27that shouldn't be opened. The first
0:29four questions trap you, but it’s the
0:31fifth question that lets the others do
0:33their job. Wait until you get to that
0:35one. Let me state right at the
0:36beginning: what is the issue? The point
0:38is not to stay silent out of fear or
0:40rudeness, or to avoid debate. What I
0:42mean is what Schopenhauer calls "
0:44preserving the will." Meaning that your
0:47actions come from your own desire, not
0:49from the pressure of someone else's
0:51will. Will is not stubbornness or being
0:53headstrong. Will is the fortress where
0:55your decisions are made. When someone's
0:58question displaces this fortress, you
1:00no longer make choices. You only react.
1:03Some questions are designed to give the
1:05other party the upper hand, no matter
1:07how you answer. If you tell the truth,
1:09they take it from you and use it
1:11against you. If you give an evasive
1:13answer, you have accepted that their
1:14question is logical. If you stop and
1:16object, they ask why you’ve become so
1:18defensive. This is no longer a
1:20conversation. This is a stage where you
1:22are not the director. In his book "The
1:25Art of Being Right," Schopenhauer
1:27explained 38 tricks that allow people
1:30to win arguments even when they aren't
1:32right. Most of these tricks start with
1:34a question. Because a question forces
1:36you to explain yourself and defend your
1:38position. And the person who goes on
1:40the defensive right at the start has
1:42already lost the game. Not because they
1:43are weak, but because they have
1:45accepted their opponent's ground as the
1:47official ground. What matters is that
1:49these questions don't always come from
1:51bad people. Colleagues, friends, and
1:54people close to me also use them. Most
1:57of the time, there is no bad intention
1:58behind it. Sometimes they truly have no
2:00malicious intent at all. They just do
2:02it out of habit. Because that is how
2:04they learned it. But the result remains
2:06the same. The mechanism is the same,
2:08and recognizing this mechanism is your
2:11first defensive shield. Question number
2:13one. Can I speak openly? Let’s start
2:15with a scene. The meeting has ended.
2:17The room has cleared out. Your boss
2:19comes and sits across from you. They
2:21calm their tone and say, "Can I speak
2:23openly with you?" You nod because you
2:26don't want to look cowardly. Then the
2:28bombardment begins. The topic isn't
2:30work or the project. It's directly
2:32about you. You lack self-confidence,
2:33your ambition is low. It looks like
2:36advice, but in reality, a seed of doubt
2:38is planted in your mind, and it sprouts
2:40for a week. Worse yet, you even thanked
2:43them for it. Or a friend says, "As your
2:46friend, let me tell you this," and then
2:47puts their opinion about your
2:49relationship, your work, and your
2:50personality in front of you with the
2:52label "because I have your best
2:53interests at heart." Three nights later
2:56, you are still wondering if they were
2:58right. Not because what they said was
3:00true, but because you gave them
3:02permission right from the start. This
3:04sentence actually obtains a moral
3:06permit. Words that shouldn't normally
3:08be said become justified after your
3:10approval. Schopenhauer used to say that
3:13most people accept every word spoken
3:16with confidence as the truth. This
3:18sentence combines a confident tone with
3:21your approval, doubling its destructive
3:23effect. There is another layer to it.
3:25Asymmetry. They know what they want to
3:27say; you don't know what you're going
3:29to hear. They are prepared; you are
3:31defenseless. The conversation is
3:33one-sided from the very beginning.
3:34Honesty is valuable, but only when it
3:36is based on trust established within a
3:39relationship. Not a blind "yes" given
3:41without even being told what the
3:43subject is. Asking for permission to be
3:45honest without stating the topic is a
3:47form of hypocrisy in itself. The common
3:50mistake is thinking that by saying yes,
3:52you are upholding honesty. In reality,
3:54you are giving the other person a pass
3:57to bypass control. Say this instead. It
4:00depends on what it's about. Do not
4:01explain. Do not ask for their intent
4:03either. Just say that. This sentence
4:05returns the right to determine the
4:07topic back to you. An honest person
4:08will state the topic. Someone wanting
4:11to attack behind this sentence will
4:12either have to explain the topic and
4:14lose half their advantage, or realize
4:16that the way is not clear this time.
4:18Today's exercise. Until the end of the
4:21day, do not blindly say yes to any "can
4:23we speak" question. Just say "it
4:26depends on what it's about" and see
4:28what happens. Do not look at their
4:29facial expression. Listen to their next
4:31sentence. Second question. You don't
4:33have a problem with that, do you? You
4:35must have heard this before. Keep its
4:37structure in mind. This question comes
4:38when the event is already over. It
4:40doesn't ask for permission; it asks for
4:41a signature. An example. Your mother
4:43says she invited relatives for dinner
4:45on Friday. Moreover, to your house.
4:47Then she adds. You don't have a problem
4:49with that, do you? Maybe you had
4:51planned a short trip for the weekend or
4:53just wanted to rest at home. But now,
4:56if you object, you are the one ruining
4:58the family evening. The dilemma is
5:00structured so that you lose either way,
5:02and the real problem is that your
5:04opinion was never asked. The human mind
5:07imagines everything that happens as the
5:09normal state and views every change as
5:12a loss. Psychologists call this the
5:14reference point effect. So, you are not
5:16fighting a suggestion. You are actually
5:19fighting a command, and psychologically
5:21, this is twice as hard. It is much
5:23easier to object before something is
5:25settled. Maybe the other party has no
5:27bad intentions at all. Maybe they are
5:29just one of those people who act first
5:32and ask later. But the result is the
5:33same. The cost of objecting is more
5:36expensive for you than accepting. The
5:39common mistake is starting to explain
5:41yourself. "But I had a plan.""You
5:43didn't know." The moment you start
5:46explaining yourself, you have accepted
5:48their frame. Now you are apologizing
5:50for making a decision about your own
5:52time. Say this simple sentence. I
5:54hadn't made such a plan. It is not a
5:57protest, it is not difficult for me,
5:58and it is not an analysis. It is just
6:00that, it is not aggression. You are
6:02simply bringing the situation back to
6:04its reality. You are not attacking
6:06anyone. You are stating a fact.
6:07Regardless of which direction the
6:09conversation goes after that, it at
6:11least starts from the right place.
6:13Today's exercise. Clearly state your
6:16position on this once. When you are
6:19asked a question about a decision made
6:20without your input, do not rush. Just
6:23see the distance between their question
6:25and your automatic yes. The whole issue
6:28is summarized in this pause. Saying yes
6:30to something asked of you after a
6:32decision has been made is not
6:33politeness. It is handing over the plan
6:35of your life into the hands of others
6:37with both your hands. The third
6:39question. What would you do if you were
6:41in my shoes? This question seems like
6:44respect. As if I see you as a sensible
6:46person and your opinion matters. It
6:48says, and that is exactly why it works.
6:50But there is something else behind it.
6:52They are shifting the responsibility of
6:54the decision to you from the very
6:56beginning. Your colleague had a problem
6:58with a client and comes to you. You
7:00give an answer. They either do
7:02something else or do what you said, and
7:04everything goes wrong. The following
7:07week in the meeting, you hear them say,
7:08"I consulted so-and-so.""They told me
7:10to do this," you hear them say. You
7:12became a partner in their mistake. With
7:14people close to you, the issue is even
7:16more heated. Your friend argued with
7:18their spouse and asks you, "What would
7:20you do if you were in my shoes?" You
7:22say something. They do what you said
7:24and their relationship hits a dead end.
7:27The fight grows and your words now live
7:29a life independent of you. You said one
7:32sentence and that sentence became a
7:34weapon in a war you were unaware of.
7:36Two situations arise from this question
7:38. If the result is good, the other
7:40party says, "I decided." If the result
7:43is bad, they say, "You told me to."
7:45This is a psychological mechanism used
7:48to escape responsibility. Schopenhauer
7:50was clear on this matter. Giving advice
7:52means taking responsibility for its
7:54consequences. To me, this is the most
7:56insidious of the four questions.
7:58Because it enters through the door of
8:00pride. If you don't answer, you seem
8:02cold. If you do, you enter someone
8:04else's story. A common mistake. Because
8:07the feeling of being in the advisor
8:09role is nice, you immediately enter the
8:11debate. That feeling of feeling good is
8:13the bait. You think you are helping.
8:15Whereas you are carrying the burden of
8:17someone else's decision. Say this. I am
8:19not in your shoes. That's why I can't
8:21say. Neither drop the subject nor say
8:23something that will load responsibility
8:25onto you. Stop for a moment and if you
8:27really want to help, say "What do you
8:29think?" This statement returns that
8:32person to their own will. Today's
8:34exercise is to say "I am not in your
8:37shoes" once and see what happens. The
8:40person who really wants help will
8:41explain their actual trouble. The
8:43person just looking for a culprit will
8:44go silent. The person who unwillingly
8:46acts as an advisor just becomes a
8:48scapegoat ready for a bad day. Stop for
8:50a moment. These three questions came
8:52out of other people's mouths. But there
8:54is also a question you ask yourself.
8:56Not out loud, but inside your mind.
8:58After every argument that doesn't end
9:00well, when you are sure you are right,
9:02you replay the conversation in your
9:04mind. You find answers that didn't come
9:06to your mind during the argument. It is
9:08a lonely fight made while the person in
9:10front of you has long gone, and you are
9:12trying to convince yourself.
9:14Psychologists have called this the
9:16Zeigarnik effect. The mind returns to
9:18unfinished business, and an unfinished
9:20argument stays open in memory. Kahneman
9:23has spoken of mental errors in this way
9:25. You are not weak. This mechanism is
9:28natural but can be brought under
9:29control. Dunning and Krueger also point
9:32to an interesting point. People with
9:34deep insight see complexity where
9:36others see something as simple. That is
9:39why they doubt more, explain more, and
9:42try harder to convince people who
9:44actually have no need for an
9:46explanation. In 1820, Schopenhauer
9:48scheduled his lecture at the exact same
9:51time as Hegel’s. He was sure the
9:53students would come to his class. His
9:55classroom remained empty. This was not
9:58a failure of logic. It was a lesson on
10:00where you shouldn't waste your energy.
10:02Now, be honest with yourself. How many
10:05times in the last month did you try to
10:06explain something to someone that was
10:08of no use? Not because you explained it
10:10poorly. But because that person never
10:12came to learn anything. Write your
10:13thoughts in the comments. Because this
10:15is exactly where it becomes clear where
10:17smart people's energy is wasted. The
10:20need for validation is a mechanism
10:22formed long before our logic. If these
10:25analyses were useful to you and you
10:26recognized the people around you in
10:28these questions, subscribe. We are not
10:30just talking about how people work here
10:33. At the same time, our goal is more
10:35personal development. 4. Question. Who
10:37told you this? This question hides
10:40behind self-validation and seems like a
10:42logical question. But its purpose is
10:45not the truth. It is the source. The
10:47moment you name the source, the
10:49discussion shifts from what is true to
10:51who can be trusted. The main issue
10:54disappears and the source becomes the
10:55target. Let’s say you go to your boss
10:58and talk about a real problem. The
11:00first answer you hear is: "How do you
11:02know? Who told you this?" You give the
11:04name of your coworker. Now the topic is
11:06not the problem. It's why the coworker
11:08is spreading information. The problem
11:10remains where it is, and your coworker
11:12gets into trouble, too. The same thing
11:14happens within the family. In the
11:15middle of a conversation, you mention
11:17you are aware of a dispute. Who said it
11:19? You give the name, and that name
11:21becomes the subject of the meeting.
11:23Schopenhauer explained this trick
11:25exactly. Instead of attacking the
11:27argument, attack the speaker. If the
11:29speaker is discredited, what they said
11:32is also devalued. The problem is that
11:35people confuse two questions. Is this
11:37statement true, and who said it? The
11:40truth of a fact does not depend on the
11:41reputation of the person saying it.
11:43This has another layer to it. By naming
11:46the source, you also take on that
11:48person's responsibility. If the
11:49information turns out to be wrong, you
11:51have exposed the person who trusted you
11:53. A common mistake is giving the
11:55source's name to prove your point. You
11:58think your position will strengthen,
11:59but you lead the conversation's
12:01direction to where the opponent wants.
12:03Say this. The source doesn't matter.
12:05The question is whether this statement
12:06is true or not. You are separating the
12:08two questions. If they insist, say, "If
12:11what I said is wrong, exactly where is
12:12it wrong?" Say it. If the person in
12:15front of you is truly after the truth,
12:16they will answer. If they are only
12:18after finding the source, they will
12:20have nothing left to say. Today's
12:22exercise. Just say once that the source
12:24doesn't matter, and leave it without
12:26giving an explanation. A person who
12:28sees the source as more important than
12:30the main issue is not after the truth.
12:32They are looking for someone they can
12:34punish. 5. Question. You trust me,
12:36don't you? That is the question I am
12:38talking about. This is the key to the
12:39other four locks. It does not ask for
12:41information. It does not pose any
12:43demands, either. It just does one thing
12:45. It closes all the filters you created
12:47against the previous four questions. If
12:49you say yes, those four questions are
12:51no longer needed. This question is the
12:53key to all locks. Let's say your boss
12:56calls you in a day before announcing a
12:57decision that will be against your
12:59interests. You trust me, don't you? And
13:01you say yes. The next day, they
13:03announce the decision, and it is
13:05completely against you. Now, whenever
13:07you object, you are undermining your
13:09own word. That wasn't trust. It was a
13:12signed blank check. You had agreed to
13:14it before seeing the amount. The matter
13:16is more delicate with people close to
13:17you. Your partner asks if you trust
13:20them before telling you what they want.
13:23Not saying it feels like a blow. And
13:25saying yes means agreeing to the terms
13:28of a contract you haven't read yet.
13:30This is not a question of trust at all.
13:32It's demanding full approval without
13:33explaining the subject. Schopenhauer
13:35saw the usual contradiction of the will
13:38here. A strong desire for closeness
13:39that eventually leads to pain. The
13:41porcupine dilemma describes this as
13:43well. If porcupines stay away from each
13:45other, they freeze. If they get too
13:47close, their quills pierce each other's
13:49bodies. The "do you trust me?" question
13:52triggers the fear of losing the
13:54relationship and silences rational
13:55judgment. You are giving approval to
13:57maintain the relationship, not to the
13:59request itself. I'm not sure the same
14:02formula works for a colleague and
14:04someone I love. It's easier with a
14:06colleague; with close people, this
14:07boundary is thinner. This doesn't mean
14:10you should suspect everyone. A common
14:12mistake is thinking that being cautious
14:14is a lack of trust. Trust is not a
14:17blank check. It is something built over
14:19time. Say this. Trusting is a separate
14:22matter, but in this specific case, it
14:24depends on what the issue is. This
14:26isn't coldness; it's honesty. Pause for
14:283 seconds and calmly ask them to state
14:30exactly what the matter is first.
14:32Someone with clear intentions will tell
14:34you openly and honestly. Today's
14:37exercise is, for once, ask them to
14:38state what the issue is before they
14:40tell you what they want. See if their
14:43tone changes. The trust demanded before
14:46a subject is opened is not called trust
14:47. It is called a key. Now, let's review
14:51the five questions once more. Can I
14:53speak openly? Unrestricted access
14:55permit. You don't have a problem with
14:57this, do you? A decision made without
14:59your input, wrapped in the paper of a
15:01respect-gift. What would you do if you
15:03were in my shoes? The burden placed on
15:05the advisor's shoulders. Who told you
15:08this? Hunting for the source, not the
15:10truth. You trust me, don't you? A blank
15:13check given before seeing the amount.
15:15There are four rules that apply to all
15:17of these. The first is a pause for
15:19diagnosis. Ask before you answer. Will
15:22anything change if this person
15:23understands my position? If the answer
15:26is no, you are no longer in a
15:28conversation. You are in a trap. The
15:30second is a counter-question. Don't
15:32answer immediately. Ask why they are
15:34asking. This is not aggression. It
15:37brings the discussion back to square
15:39one. The third is saying it out loud.
15:42Repeat the other person's question out
15:44loud. So, are you asking if I trust you
15:47in general, or in this specific case?
15:49When you say this out loud, hidden
15:51things become visible. The fourth is
15:54distance. The porcupine dilemma again.
15:56Close enough for the relationship to
15:58continue, far enough that the quills
16:00don't pierce. None of these four rules
16:02require hostility. They only require
16:04one thing. A pause. Now, what kind of
16:07person will you be when these five
16:10questions no longer work on you
16:11automatically? A person who understands
16:13the mechanism does not become a skeptic
16:15. They acquire a skill. The skill of
16:18distinguishing when they are truly
16:20being spoken to and when they are being
16:22circumvented. Schopenhauer did not seek
16:24the approval of people who lacked the
16:26capacity to understand him. As a result
16:28, he was able to find the distance he
16:30needed to work. A person who knows
16:32these five questions does not turn into
16:33someone cold and emotionless. On the
16:35contrary, they become freer. They do
16:37not offer explanations where no one
16:38expects one. They do not say yes out of
16:41mere embarrassment to something that
16:43has nothing to do with kindness. Their
16:45will remains their own.

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