1) People are more likely to be persuaded by ideas they feel they have thought of themselves rather than those directly presented by others. 2) When trying to persuade others, it is effective to get them to think about the issue from their own perspective in order to make the persuasive idea seem like it was their own. 3) This can be done by reflecting their own ideas back to them in relation to the issue being discussed and getting them to articulate what is important to them about the topic.