Sleight of Hand, Sleight of Mind: The Art of Persuasion If you would like to purchase a title to be reviewed, please get in touch with me on twitter so we can make arrangements! Want to see a game featured here? Drop me a line at my socials at the bottom of this article. So basically, I got a degree in lying to people. There’s a more formal and academic way to say that. But my early twenties were spent studying Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite and Joseph Smith. Barnum who is attributed as the man behind such luminary phrases as “there’s a sucker born every minute”. With the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to call these guys schmucks. They could talk you into literally anything.īut in their hayday? They all had one thing in common. Persuasion is a communication art that succeeds on a maxim of multiple different factors our brain processes simultaneously. Appearance, tone of voice, social standing, and extrinsic factors all culminate into a singular moment of convincing. Sometimes it happens in seconds, sometimes it takes years. You can drastically alter that course depending on what tools you have available. A great personal example of this is my vocal range, relative social and professional status and proven talent. Could I run for president? Well I mean-okay, so no. But could I use the tools at my disposal to keep an eye on things that affect my community? Absolutely. It’s persuasion with the aid of tools both physical and metaphorical.

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