Ultimate Guide to Persuasive Speech (Hook and Influence Any Audience)

Everyone is blessed with a certain level of persuasive skills. Whether it’s a salesperson convincing a customer why they should buy a product or a mother convincing her child why he needs to sleep early – persuading is something that revolves around our lives whether we realise it or not. This applies to persuasive speeches […]

Ultimate Guide to Persuasive Speech (Hook and Influence Any Audience)

Everyone is blessed with a certain level of persuasive skills. Whether it’s a salesperson convincing a customer why they should buy a product or a mother convincing her child why he needs to sleep early – persuading is something that revolves around our lives whether we realise it or not. This applies to persuasive speeches […]

9 research-backed ways to be more persuasive

Flickr/The Natural Step Canada Every successful person I know is extremely good at persuading other people. Not manipulating or pressuring, but genuinely persuading: Describing the logic and benefits of an idea to gain agreement. When you think of it that way, everyone needs to harness the power of persuasion: to convince other people your idea […]

How to be more persuasive in business and in life, according to a Hollywood exec who’s spent 30 years making people care

Tony Robbins When you think about a story, what comes to mind? Perhaps an enjoyable summer read, or maybe even a fable or fairytale. But a story doesn’t have to be confined to fiction alone. In fact, we tell stories every single day. How we see the past, how we envision the future — those […]

Sunday’s Episode of ‘Girls’ Was Lena Dunham at Her Most Persuasive — When She’s Telling a Story

In a recent interview with comedian and podcaster Phoebe Robinson, Lena Dunham admitted she has a hard time keeping her mouth shut. Despite the many documented instances when Dunham has said something offensive or clumsy or generally ill-advised, “It’s still really hard for me when I have the instinct to express myself to hold back […]