Posted July 7th, 2016 @ 9:19am in #Trump #Clinton
The primary goal of government is its own credibility.
That notion needs some explaining.
Governments do many things, including building roads, providing social services, defending the homeland, and more. But no matter what the government is trying to accomplish, its macro-responsibility is to maintain its own credibility. Governments without credibility devolve into chaos. Credibility has to be job one.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted July 5th, 2016 @ 9:27am in #trump #clinton2016
Do you remember the detailed policy proposal that came out of the Clinton campaign last week?
Neither do I.
I’m not saying it didn’t happen. I’m just saying that if Clinton said something about her policies, I didn’t notice. The Clinton campaign has wisely ditched facts and reason for pure persuasion. And it is working.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 30th, 2016 @ 11:38am in #brexit #Trump #persuasion
I have to confess that I wasn’t paying attention to the Brexit issue until after the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. I wondered why so many folks from England had been asking me what I thought of the persuasion angle the Brexit “Leave” side was using. I always responded that I wasn’t following the topic and had no opinion.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 30th, 2016 @ 8:01am in #Trump #persuasion #influence #hypnosis #pets #psychology
I often write about the importance of context. Watch how important context is to my dog, Snickers.
And yes, humans are almost as easily influenced by context. They just don’t realize it.
If you like this video, there is no reason to believe you would also love my book and recommend it to everyone you know. And remember to check out the larger Persuasion Reading List I put together for you.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 28th, 2016 @ 9:33am
For months I have been saying mostly good things in this blog about Trump’s powers of persuasion, and mostly bad things about how the Clinton campaign does persuasion. And yet Clinton has a solid lead in the polls, assuming the polls are accurate. How can that be?
The quick answer is that Clinton’s side is totally winning the persuasion battle.
Confused?
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 23rd, 2016 @ 11:24am in #Trump #clinton2016 #sexism
Perhaps the biggest unreported story of this presidential election is the humiliation of the American male. Unless I’m blinded by confirmation bias – which is entirely possible – it seems to me that the humiliation of American men is now institutionalized in the media.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 22nd, 2016 @ 9:17am in #Trump #clinton2016
On average, Democrats (that’s my team*) use guns for shooting the innocent. We call that crime.
On average, Republicans use guns for sporting purposes and self-defense.
If you don’t believe me, you can check the statistics on the Internet that don’t exist. At least I couldn’t find any that looked credible.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 21st, 2016 @ 2:09pm in #Trump
Lewandowski Firing
Trump fired Corey Lewandowski yesterday. Is that bad or good?
Well, if you are on the Clinton team, you try to frame it as campaign chaos, and evidence that Trump doesn’t hire the best people.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 19th, 2016 @ 9:43am in #trump #clinton2016
Regular readers of this blog know I’m a trained hypnotist. I’ve been studying the ways of persuasion – in all its forms – for decades.
Comments temporarily disabledPosted June 16th, 2016 @ 9:55pm
Remember last year when I said Trump would have a movie-style third act that would boost him into the lead? Later I predicted that a Megyn Kelly interview with Trump would mark that third act.
The Megyn Kelly interview that I predicted happened. At about the same time, Trump drew even with Clinton in the polls, perhaps a bit ahead, also as I predicted. So, my prediction of the third act was right, right?
Well, not so fast.
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