Is it possible to change someone's thinking?

A bit philosophical question, not related to DP..still I want your views.

Everybody on earth has a mind and developed thoughts and mindset. These thoughts and mindset guide our reactions to situations...

For example, if somebody says something bad to you, whether you will forget or try to harm that person...is reaction.

Is it possible to change thinking of some other person? OR only self motivation and inner realization is required??

 

Depends upon the type of person you are dealing with.
Some do change but there are few who never change their thinking.

 

according to my experience no one changes anything for any one even husband and wifes falls under this category

 

People can change only if they want.

 

The chances of changing our own mindset is high when compared to altering others. It is all about how you deal with the bad guy and how seriously you take it. Life is full of ups and downs and give importance to positive feed backs and learn from your mistakes...

 

yes its easy to change peoples minds for the most part people are robots they do what the group says. i'm lucky i'm not and i can read people like a persons hand in texas hold'em. Kind sad how they are but hey their choice.

 

Just study up on past Cults if you're in any doubt you can program someones mind and change it and totally take it over.

 

I think both the external factor and the inner realization affect a person's thinking. People's thinking can be changed under some special condition, maybe an incident or just one word that can change a person greatly.

 

by changing their life style we can able to change their thinking. we can take them any tourist place or other countries like that. its depend upon their character.

 

Hello,

Yes surely it is possible to change someone's thinking but it also depend on the other person thinking. First of all, you can understand him. If you feel he or she is wrong then you can make him understand about you experience. I believe this thing will surely change the thinking of the person.

Thanks for sharing such nice question

 

yes , this depends what person he is . like me , i can change my thinking by others .

 

Well, there are words that said, heard yet omitted but also there are a lot of them that are stuck to our mind and memory which do affect our behavior and some unconscious mindset. That's why you can change someone's way of thinking by just using strong words that really affect them either through their ego or through their heart.

 

See also:

Group think + Propaganda...

 

change thinking? yes of course, giving the right reasons and examples you can change somebody thinking. what you can't change are feelings and character

 

Of course, you can't force someone into changing. You might be able to trick them into it though.

 

Of course you can change someone's thought. Just make sure your claim makes sense

 

Of course you can (most of the time) if your POV has reason to it!

 

It depends as well if the particular belief is based mainly on emotion, or "facts" and "logic". If they have an emotional investment to hold onto their belief, it may be quite difficult. For example, a religious person would probably not be easily persuaded by an atheist, as the religious person is basing their belief more on faith and feeling.

 

heheh very easy! ... Yes we can change the mind of people very easily!! .. Need Proof?

Read it carefully...

Just don't think about a dog..


Just don't think about a dog..

Hey you just see a dog in your mind

 

people can change..but you cannot change their nature..