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Master Wizard Filter Scorecard
Pundits declared that Carly Fiornia won the most recent Republican debate. Her poll numbers surged, as you might expect.
Meanwhile, I was applying the Master Wizard Filter to the debate and predicting that Fiorina had self-destructed that night by pairing her brand with the image of a dead baby. INTENTIONALLY! In a blog post, I called that mistake self-immolation.
A new CNN poll says Fiorina’s poll numbers fell off a shelf. We don’t know all the reasons why, but the data conforms to prediction.
In other news, Trump released a funny edit of Bill Clinton’s interview with Colbert that makes Clinton seem to endorse Trump. If you recall, I made a similar observation here.
0 CommentsTrump’s Third Act (Part of the Trump Persuasion Series)
This week the media is starting to realize that maybe Donald Trump has a chance of winning the presidency. Howard Kurtz is calling the turn. You will see a lot more stories and opinions along those lines, assuming Trump’s numbers stay strong.
But here’s the fun part: How do you write a story about Trump beating expectations without mentioning that one observer loudly predicted it in August and provided lots of details for how Trump is doing it?
Do you think no one noticed this blog? :-)
0 CommentsThe Right Amount of Government Transparency
Rand Paul recently live-streamed a day of his campaign. According to the media, it didn’t go well. (Paul’s dry humor did not survive the leap from video to text.) Still, we might be seeing the future with this live streaming stuff.
If you haven’t tried the Periscope app, or one of the other life-streaming products such as Meerkat, you probably don’t know how big a deal this is. Yesterday, from the comfort of my home, I looked through the live-streaming phones of strangers around the planet. They took me on an African lion hunt (using cameras not guns), a hike in Thailand, a beach in Hawaii, and a Taylor Swift concert. All in five minutes. Live streaming of this type is compelling in a way you can’t understand unless you experience it.
0 CommentsTrump’s Persuasiveness - per the Washington Post
This article in the Washington Post describes Trump’s persuasion skills as a function of his energy and big ideas. Or, as the article says, people respond to narcissists.
0 CommentsTony Robbins Explains How to Beat Trump
If you have been following my Master Wizard Hypothesis series, you know I called Tony Robbins the best hypnotist in the world. His job is motivating people to improve their lives, and apparently he is amazing at it. His persuasion skills trace back to famous hypnotist Milton Erickson, same as mine. Robbins has added lots of layers to that learning, but his understanding of how people are influenced is similar to my world view, and probably quite different from yours.
Freeeeedom! (from jury duty)
After three days of punishment at the hands of my inefficient government, I am a free man.
It is a deeply unpleasant experience for a modern human to sit in a room for many hours without mental or physical stimulation. That is the method we use to punish children and criminals alike. No kidding, it felt like three days of serving detention for a crime I did not commit.
On my third day, I got lucky. The jury filled up before I got into the final round, so I was released.
And that is probably a good thing for all concerned, since I had three days to do nothing but think up entertaining answers to the judge’s list of questions. It would have been a good show. I had not yet decided whether to go full-humor or pivot to an angry citizen tirade about my wasted time and taxes. Either would have been fun.
0 CommentsTaylor Swift’s System
Taylor Swift had a system for not flaming out during her career. She continues to be the smartest player in her space.
Once you start seeing the world in terms of systems versus goals, it starts to explain why some people get better results than others. And as you know, my book has plenty on that topic.
My Commute to Day-Jail
Some call it jury duty selection. But it feels more like day-jail with a bad commute.
I’m heading to day three of the jury selection phase, in which dozens of us sit in a court room for hours while a slow-talking and very deliberate judge interviews one citizen at a time. Those of us who are not being addressed by the judge are allowed to sit there doing nothing.
0 CommentsMaster Wizard Filter on the Democratic Debate
The Washington Post’s Stephen Stromberg says Hillary Clinton won the first Democratic debate with her line about being a progressive who likes to get things done. Personally, that line didn’t register with me at all. It has no visual or emotional content. The Master Wizard filter says that line was irrelevant.
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