I’d like to talk about a time where I was able to persuade my husband to change his mind about buying a land that was available close to us. This was sometime early this year where there was a vacant city site for a land. The land was said to be, this was a distressed sale where the owner of the land needed to relocate out of the country and needed to sell it as soon as possible. And it was just located beside our fence, a very good land which would be a good place to start up a business or even start up a farmland. He did not want to buy it because he felt it was quite impromptu and he didn’t have enough money to do this. He would have to take a loan which required a lot of processes and a lot of steps to get. I however told him about the long-term importance of buying the land and how we would get back our money once we are able to put up a business on the land and it would help benefit us in the future. After a lot of explanation and a lot of persuasion, he finally accepted to get the property and right now he is grateful to me for pushing him to get that property because it has been able to help us set up a farm land where we are planting some food crops and also part of it is being used for poultry. We aim to sell our first set of birds this December so it turned out to be a good investment first and I felt quite hot-warming, I felt quite confident and excited I was able to convince my husband to go out of his way to do something that big.
Band 7+: Describe a time you successfully persuaded someone to change their mind. You should say: - What the issue was - Who you persuaded - What arguments you used And explain how you felt after succeeding.
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I'd like to talk about a time when I was able to persuade my husband to change his mind about buying a piece of land that was available close to us. This was sometime early this year when there was a vacant city site for land. The land was a distressed sale where the owner needed to relocate out of the country and needed to sell it as soon as possible. It was located right beside our fence, a very good piece of land that would be ideal for starting a business or even a farm. He did not want to buy it because he felt it was quite impromptu and he didn't have enough money to do this. He would have to take a loan, which required a lot of processes and steps to obtain. I, however, told him about the long-term importance of buying the land and how we would get back our money once we were able to put up a business on the land, which would benefit us in the future. After a lot of explanation and persuasion, he finally agreed to purchase the property, and right now he is grateful to me for encouraging him to acquire it because it has helped us set up a farm where we are planting some food crops, and part of it is being used for poultry. We aim to sell our first set of birds this December, so it turned out to be a good investment. I felt quite heartwarming; I felt confident and excited that I was able to convince my husband to take such a significant step.
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