The claim is often made that someone knows you better than yourself. Sometimes you have to start the ball rolling and be prepared to be persistent until they see things your way.
By age 18 I was an electronic and computer genius. At that time I invented a small gadget that when attached the right way to a phone extension, you could listen in on any call on the other extensions without the infamous 'click' that was a giveaway. I could connect the device to my computer, have the calls recorded and listen to them at any time.