Maria Konnikova

Stories are one of the most powerful forces of persuasion available to us, especially stories that fit in with our view of what the world should be like. Facts can be contested. Stories are far trickier. I can dismiss someone's logic, but dismissing how I feel is harder.

American Writer

Martin Luther King III

Whether it is a tsunami, or whether it is a hurricane, whether it's an earthquake - when we see these great fatal and natural acts, men and women of every ethnic persuasion come together and they just want to help.

American Activist

John Key

Moral persuasion over a period of time makes a difference, but we shouldn't be naive to think that just because we raise it in a meeting it will make all those problems go away. It won't and it doesn't.

New Zealander Politician

Cris Carter

There are positive steps being taken to tackle issues that people from all walks of life, races, ethnicities, and political persuasions agree have been devastating to communities of color.

American Athlete

Henry David Thoreau

Thaw with her gentle persuasion is more powerful than Thor with his hammer. The one melts, the other breaks into pieces.

American Author

Thomas Carlyle

Not brute force but only persuasion and faith are the kings of this world.

Scottish Philosopher

Mark Skousen

The triumph of persuasion over force is the sign of a civilized society.

American Economist

Aristotle

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.

Greek Philosopher

Ben Affleck

People of similar political persuasions tend to flock together.

American Actor

James Altucher

Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

Persuasion involves actively engaging with someone's thoughts and feelings to influence them.

Active Engagement

Persuasion often appeals to emotions rather than logic, to influence decisions.

Emotional Appeal

Persuasive techniques can be subtle, like using specific words that have positive connotations.

Subtle Techniques

Persuasion as a belief implies a deeper conviction than a mere preference or liking.

Beyond Preference

A person's persuasion can be influenced by cultural background, affecting their opinions and actions.

Cultural Context

When someone mentions their persuasion, they're often signaling a key aspect of their identity.

Identifying Persuasion

 in terms of one of the more conservative moral values, and just eight percent invoked a liberal moral value, even though they were supposed to be targeting liberals for persuasion. Now, you can see right away why we're in trouble here. Right? People's moral values, they're their most deeply held beliefs.

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 Other methods may be more intense using techniques of coercive persuasion involving guilt, shame, and fear. And in many cases, members may willingly submit out of desire to belong and to attain the promised rewards. The cult environment discourages critical thinking,

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 on the park we're going to use this for a bit of a game okay so I'll try it behind my back and let's see how there are some interesting things when it comes to persuasion a lot of times persuasion or influence is the idea of controlling choices meaning most people

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 so that as the world gets better and more and more persuasive over time -- because it's only going to get more persuasive -- that the people in those control rooms are accountable and transparent to what we want. The only form of ethical persuasion that exists

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 just as the parents are about to sort of check out. Now, that's a persuasion architecture. It's not nice, but it kind of works. That's why you see it in every supermarket. Now, in the physical world, such persuasion architectures are kind of limited,

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 Today, I'm going to talk about how to win an argument, at the Supreme Court or anywhere. The conventional wisdom is that you speak with confidence. That's how you persuade. I think that's wrong. I think confidence is the enemy of persuasion.

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 but deciding which of them to use is a matter of knowing your audience and purpose, as well as the right place and time. And perhaps just as important is being able to notice when these same methods of persuasion are being used on you.

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 disturbed to find your voice to stand firm in the persuasion that there are something is worth fighting for some things that are simply not for sale there in this audience but please know there are many out there in the world

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 Imagine our politicians using dance to explain why we must invade a foreign country or bail out an investment bank. It's sure to help. Of course someday, in the deep future, a technology of persuasion

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 that can be avoided. The market will work to solve this problem -- if we can accomplish this. Help with the mass persuasion campaign that will start this spring.