Get cooperation

No one likes to feel that he or she is being sold something or told to do a thing. We much prefer to feel that we are buying of our own accord (符合) or acting on our own ideas. We like to be consulted about our wishes, our wants and our thoughts.

The reason why rivers and seas receive the homage of a hundred mountain streams is that they keep below them. 江海所以能夠成為百川河流所匯往的地方，乃是由於它善於處在低下的地方。

Carnegie, D. (1981). How to Win Friends & Influence People (Revised Ed.) New York, NY: Pocket Books.

落兒(2011). 【道德經】六六卷 江海之所以能為百穀王者，以其善下之，故能為百穀王。Retrieved from http://blog.sina.com.cn/skysky128