Episode #70 - Persuasive Writing Part 2

Maximize Your Influence · Dec 27, 2014 · 1m

If you have kids or employees (they're kind of the same, aren't they) you have probably used threats as a way to gain compliance before. When we are in a rational state, we can all agree that most of the time threats are only good for very short term compliance. But when we become emotional, it's easy for our brain to think that a threat is the best solution to the problem. In a recent study by McGill University, researchers discovered that threatening children doesn't stop them from lying. Here's some hope for humanity: researchers also concluded that kids are more likely to tell the truth…