Make Them Believe You Would Tell Them All Your Secrets, And They Will Love You

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Harper Lee

“Folks don’t like to have somebody around knowing more than they do.” – Harper Lee, Born Apr. 28, 1926. When you’re trying to position yourself as a trusted advisor, your audience can’t ever feel like you are holding out on them. They can’t feel like you’re keeping secrets or withholding valuable knowledge for yourself. Countering […]

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Repetition is the Mission… Repetition is the Mission… Repetition is the Mission…

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Vladimir Lenin

“A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” – Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov (Lenin), Born Apr. 22, 1870. This is a statement that sounds sinister because of how specific it is. If you make it as general as it is in reality, it’s not so evil-seeming. Anything repeated often enough will eventually be believed, not just

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The Art of Sinking Your Persuasive Fishhook Right in Your Prospect’s Face

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Yekaterina Alexeyevna

“For to tempt and to be tempted are things very nearly allied – whenever feeling has anything to do in the matter, no sooner is it excited than we have already gone vastly farther than we are aware of.” – Yekaterina Alexeyevna, Born Apr. 21, 1729. If persuasion is a fishing pole, emotion is the

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If You Say You Don’t Have Time to Work on Your Dreams, You’re a Liar, You Liar

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Dinah Craik

“It is astonishing what a lot of odd minutes one can catch during the day, if one really sets about it.” – Dinah Maria Mulock Craik, Born Apr. 20, 1826. People say they don’t have time to write, or work on their business, or publish more content, or grow their audience, or shoot a video.

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Infinite Ideas To Write About When You Need Them (Preparation Hack)

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Frank Auerbach

“Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.” – Frank Auerbach, Born Apr. 19, 1931. “I can’t think of anything to write about.” Some people say that. Baby non-writers do. Not me. I am a bottomless wellspring of material. I didn’t used to be. But I endeavored a little to make

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