Barack Obama seemed to think he could win over his enemies. He certainly seemed to believe too much in his own powers of persuasion. One thing's for sure - he misunderstood the nature of his adversaries.
Most people don't have the power of persuasion.
An idea accepted as true from any source can be every bit as powerful as hypnosis.
With Master Ren, if I'd tell him I can't do that and he'd say, yes you can, and it turns out I very much can do it.
The kind of power I want is the power to persuade. But I do not want the power to tell other people what to do.
I don't like ads: I'm too susceptible. I find myself in the supermarket buying Ronseal, and I don't even have a shed.
Overly persuasive a woman's ordinance spreads far, traveling fast; but fast dying a rumor voiced by a woman perishes.
Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.
I think I have met nearly all the Laureates in Economics. Among the few I haven't met, I suppose I'd most like to meet Ronald Coase because of his legendary power to persuade his colleagues of the validity of the Coase Theorem.
Bring the viewer to your side, include him in your thought. He is not a bystander. You have the power to increase his perceptions and conceptions.
