Believable Storytelling https://loopvids.s3.amazonaws.com/Jun03_Post.mp4 A long time ago, I took an acting class. And one of the exercises was to bring in two items. And each item had to have a story. But only one story was true. The game was to try and make BOTH stories sound so believable, that nobody […]
Broke Samurais and Wealthy Romans
PT Barnum PT Barnum famously said there is a sucker born every minute. But what’s commonly not said is a couple of very important corollaries to that statement. The first is that suckers are suckers because they are willing to believe something that is too good to be true. Now, why would […]
The Priestess
Software Expo I went to a software expo nearby my house a couple weeks ago. It wasn’t really a software expo, more like a tech expo, but it was mainly software. Most of the software was for entrepreneurs, home business type people. I saw this one booth that had a kind of interesting looking […]
Real Magic
Summer School I have a friend who volunteers at a local community center. She asked me if I would help her teach some kids summer school. Some magic tricks during summer school. It took me about 10 minutes of research to realize that if I tried to teach these kids any kind of sleight-of-hand […]
How To Use Reverse Psychology
That’s Just What They Want Us To Do Using reverse psychology is a popular way to get people to do what you want, especially if you know they wouldn’t do it if you asked them directly. Since you are not being completely honest, it can be manipulative. If you were being totally honest, you would […]
How To Kill Social Anxiety
Everybody’s Got It There are many truths about humans and human nature. Here are two: All people have social anxiety. All people would like to have less social anxiety. Consider this a given. Many people would like to go out and meet people, but they say, “Yeah, but I have social anxiety!” Unfortunately, some people […]
Should vs Is
The Battle Of Thought Control As humans, one of the things we love to do is come up with ideas about how others should be behaving. People shouldn’t text and drive. People should say thank you. People shouldn’t watch TV past ten PM. Kids should do their homework. Parents should pay more attention to their […]
What Is Ego?
Mysteries Of The Ego – Explained Philosophers, doctors and psychologists have attempted to describe what this thing we call the “ego” really is. In this article, we will attempt to understand it from a purely scientific, biological and basic standpoint. The goal is to develop a working knowledge of the ego, so you can be […]
Why The Ego Must Be Left Behind To Ensure Successful Persuasion
One of the biggest obstacles to persuasion is our ego. It doesn’t matter of you’re in proper face to face sales, or if you’re just getting somebody to agree that purple is a better color than red. Either way, your ego can get in the way, and destroy everything. Why? Because it’s the ego’s job […]
How To Push ALL Their Happy Buttons For Easy Persuasion
There’s a difference between specific criteria, and pre-programmed criteria. Understanding both is crucial to win-win persuasion, the kind where everybody gets what they want and feels better off after the transaction. Regardless of whether you’re selling million dollar homes or convincing your partner to watch Mad Men instead of America’s Got Talent, understand ALL criteria […]