Serious life lessons mafia taught me

[zMuffinMan]

mafia just reinforced a bunch of things i think i already knew

getting people to agree with you requires talking in different ways to different people / knowing your audience - how people process information differs greatly from person to person
mixing humour into things, even when youre trying to make serious points, makes you more agreeable
people tend to focus on the result rather than the process of reaching the result
people tend not to consider things from the perspective of other people
people don't like being told they're wrong
people are allergic to logic
etc