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  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Image " L1009153 A Big Smile from the High Tibetan Plateau" by DaiLuo, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Happiness is a Practice. Image “L1009153 A Big Smile from the High Tibetan Plateau” by DaiLuo, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #happiness #safety #Aristotle #priming

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  • Just Give Away all the Library Books!

    I just finished reading the Saint Paul newspaper.

    It seems our mayor wants to do away with library fines.

    New fines, old fines, all of the fines… out the door.

    Here we are, a society that can’t accept enough responsibility to iron a shirt…

    and now we’re removing one of the few driving forces that encourage people to return books on time?

    I think it’s… ridiculous, pandering, expensive… and… after thinking it over…

    possibly a great idea! (more…)

  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Photo "IMG_2810_1" by Allie, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Photo “IMG_2810_1” by Allie, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    #Trump #interest #persuasion #advertising #contrast #hypnosis #opticalillusion #genuine

    Big List Today! Including a Free UDemy Course on Hypnosis and a chance for your free ebook, The Easy Way to Start a Conversation

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  • 10 Things I Learned from “Nudge” by Thaler and Sunstein

    10 Things I Learned from “Nudge” by Thaler and Sunstein

    Most weekends, my wife and I make it a point to write out a dinner menu, spend an hour shopping, and prep for some dinners in the upcoming week.

    It’s not the way we’d prefer to spend Sunday morning. It doesn’t matter. We know that having the menu ready and the food in the house is going to massively increase the chances that we will enjoy a home-cooked dinner.

    "Mmmmm, Burgers!" by m01229, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Restaurant food is always ready to please! “Mmmmm, Burgers!” by m01229, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    The ever-present alternative is restaurant food. I love restaurant food! It’s cooked, it’s salty and fatty and delicious, it’s exactly what I wanted, and I can get it brought right to my front door! (more…)

  • The Ten Dollar Guarantee I Won’t Return To This Restaurant

    Within 5 minutes of sitting at our table, our first waiter spilled a full glass of white wine onto the lap of the man next to me. The waiter apologized to Stan, bringing towels.

    But never a new glass of wine for Stan’s partner.

    "Overflow." by Ben Seidelman, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    “Overflow.” by Ben Seidelman, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    And it gets worse. But let me back up for a moment. (more…)

  • Persuasion Articles of the Week

    Image "Newspapers B&W (3)" by Jon S, Flickr, CC-By-2.0
    Image “Newspapers B&W (3)” by Jon S, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

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