Some of my biggest laughs come from watching Hollywood movies and TV shows depicting FBI agents as indestructible bullies walking that fine line between good and evil. They are either taking the law into their own hands in their pursuit of justice or abusing their power to crush the little people that get in their way.
These movie heroes gain the upper hand with a combination of bullying, intimidation, and rudeness. It’s all very entertaining, but the danger that lurks is when impressionable audiences actually start to believe the tactics they see in movies will actually work in real life.
Life does not always imitate art, especially when the art comes in the form of Marvel comics made into action movies.
The truth is that FBI agents use several backdoor ways to gain the upper hand in conversations when they need to get the job done — not brute strength and ignorance.
No matter your situation in life, learning to talk to people in a constructive way is essential to your success because it helps give you an upper hand when dealing with employees, bosses, customers, and teenagers.
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