Category: Make New Links

“Give me liberty, or give me death!” – Patrick Henry Patrick Henry is one of the founders of the United States, and here we see him using a high-ground move and making his listeners think past the sale. Patrick Henry was a Master Persuader and a patriot. So were the…

In late October 2015, Hillary Clinton started playing the gender card. I predicted that her support would start dropping after I heard her play that card in the televised debate. See this graph of her dropping popularity with men in Iowa. That last drop-off in November starts soon after she went full-sexist. In…

If your firewall is being run by the British Government, see the image on Twitter here. Changing topics… My top-performing tweet of late predicts (indirectly) a Trump landslide if he runs agains Clinton. See if you recognize the tell before I describe it. The tell is the high number of likes…

Most women in the United States believe they live in a patriarchy. Most men (as far as I can tell) believe they live in a matriarchy. They can’t both be right. Right? But they are both right. Because we all experience our own reality. As a wealthy, single male over 50, I live in…

I watched the GOP presidential debate last night. You might wonder how I scored it. In the standard world of 2D politics, where reason matters, perhaps Kasich won. But no one cares about Kasich. Or reason.  However, in the 3D world of persuasion, where identity beats analogy, and analogy beats…

If I asked you to describe Donald Trump’s supporters in one word, you might say angry. As I have taught you in the Master Persuader series, if most people have the same explanation for a thing, they’re probably right. Now suppose I asked you for one word to describe what the opponents of Donald Trump…

Science says charisma is the combination of power and empathy.  That makes sense to me. Powerful people are great to have around, so long as they care about your wellbeing. The powerful can do all sorts of things for you. They can give you jobs, protect you from harm, pay…

Today I will poke a little hole in your 2D filter and let you see the third dimension, where the future is sometimes as clear as the present. As most of you know, I predicted every step of Trump’s rise since August, as well as the decline of his opponents, while…

As Donald Trump has taught us, we should think big, act positive, exaggerate when necessary, brag to the point of narcissism, and make yuuuuuuge first asks. Apparently that stuff works. So I will do the same today. I might also insult a competitor just to make myself look good in…

I have to start by saying I love Canadians. If I have one complaint about our good friends to the north, it is their annoying tendency to politely offer me stuff with no strings attached. I find that off-putting. And it’s a slippery slope to free healthcare. In my experience, most Canadians…

All the buzz today is about Trump’s new ad [no longer available]. Some people on Twitter asked for the Master Persuader filter on it. Note: For new readers of this blog, I don’t endorse Trump, or anyone else. I’m not smart enough to know who would be the best president. My interests…