“Let's not get bogged down in the details at this point.”

You're an architect. You're designing a house for a couple, and having an early meeting to talk about the design. They start to ask you very specific questions about one of the rooms in your floor plan. You think that you need to talk about more general issue first, so you say:

Let's not get bogged down in the details at this point.

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“The real key is establishing a relationship with the client.”

You're having lunch with a junior salesperson who's just starting her first sales job at your company. You're giving her advice on how to be successful as a salesperson. You say:

The real key is establishing a relationship with the client.

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“There's fierce competition among photographers for clients.”

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You're a professional photographer. You're talking to someone who's not a photographer about your industry. You are discussing how difficult photography is because of c:

There's fierce competition among photographers for clients.

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“Is there any way I can convince you to reconsider?”

You are a salesperson and one of your clients has told you that she's canceling her account and moving over to a competitor's product. You ask her:

Is there any way I can convince you to reconsider?

convince (someone) to (do something)

"Convince" means to make someone decide something based on what you say to them. You can use "convince" without "to". For example, the following can be said if it's already clear from the conversation what you have been convinced of:

He convinced me.

Use "to (do something)" to tell an action that the person was convinced to do. Use "that (clause)" to express that the person was convinced of an idea:

Ed convinced me that the fastest way to get to New York was Highway 95.

reconsider (something)

"Reconsider" means to think about your decision again, and possibly change it. In the example sentence above, "reconsider" is used as an intransitive verb. But it's usually followed by a noun:

Please reconsider my offer.

In the example above, both the speaker and the listener understand what is being reconsidered, so it's left out of the sentence:

Is there any way I can convince you to reconsider (cancelling your account)?