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Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter
As I write this, President Trump’s current immigration policy is focused on deporting undocumented immigrants who committed serious crimes after entering. His critics probably felt relieved because his opening offer (mass deportation) was so aggressive that his current policy seems more reasonable than it might have without the opening offer for co
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago
The method goes like this: Make a claim that is directionally accurate but has a big exaggeration or factual error in it. Wait for people to notice the exaggeration or error and spend endless hours talking about how wrong it is. When you dedicate focus and energy to an idea, you remember it. And the things that have the most mental impact on you wi
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago
if I make you pause to argue with me in your mind about the accuracy of the 98 percent estimate, it deepens my persuasion on the main point—that Trump has a surprisingly high likelihood of winning.
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago
It is easy to fit completely different explanations to the observed facts. Don’t trust any interpretation of reality that isn’t able to predict.
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Benyamin Elias added 9mo ago
Persuasion is all about the tools and techniques of changing people’s minds, with or without facts and reason.
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago
In the investment realm, I made a small fortune betting on Master Persuader Steve Jobs turning Apple into the company it is today.
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago
PERSUASION TIP 2 Humans are hardwired to reciprocate favors. If you want someone’s cooperation in the future, do something for that person today.
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago
By continuing to call it a “wall” without details, he caused the public and the media to view that as an error. So they argued about it. They fact-checked it. They put together cost estimates. They criticized Trump for not understanding that it couldn’t be a “wall” the entire way.
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago
If you’re talking about whatever topic he wants you to focus on, he has your mind right where he wants it, even if you are criticizing him for his errors while you are there.
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Anker M Bell added 6d ago