How to get "buy-in" to solutions

The next generation of me.

How to get people to accept a solution:

1. Identify the problem at hand as you understand it, but refrain from proposing a solution.
2. Being a natural tendency for people to maintain their status quo, they will assess the threat that the problem presents.
3. If they perceive the threat as a bad thing, then they will attempt to avoid it.
4. If they perceive the threat as a good thing, then they will embrace it.
5. Allowing people to make their own decision will lead to a greater level of success and less frustration on you.

So the moral of this story is to always position your threats as good things.

If that doesn't work, then loosen them up with alcohol first. :)