Turning passivity into initiative to deal with others' intentional difficulties

Turn passive into active. First, deliberately relax and release the other party's vigilance, so as to lay the foundation for firmly grasping the initiative. When the other party takes the bait, it will fight back, making the other party unprepared and speechless. This is also a good way to deal with other people's difficulties. For example,

When former U.S. President Carter was running for president, a woman reporter who was fond of finding fault interviewed his mother: "your son said that if he lied, people would not vote for him. Dare you say that he never lied?"

Carter's mother said calmly, "no, my son did."

"What lies have you told?" The female reporter was overjoyed and asked.

"A good lie."

"What kind of lie?"

"Do you remember when you stepped into my house a few minutes ago, my son said you were beautiful and glad to meet you?" In the face of the reporter's bad and aggressive questions, Carter's mother didn't panic. Instead, she calmly responded, obeyed the reporter's words and admitted that Carter had lied, which made the reporter happy. As everyone knows, this is what Carter's mother deliberately said. As expected, the female reporter fell into the trap and was busy asking for details. Carter's mother changed the story and limited the lies. The female reporter still didn't know what the trick was and was still asking Carter's mother what kind of lies were. Only when Carter's mother explained it clearly did the female reporter know what was going on. She had nothing to gain except humiliation.