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Horse power. Persuasion as a skill. Questions.
Hereās your 3 insights in 3 minutes.
šāš This Blew My Mind
In 1900, the streets of NYC were filled with horses.
By 1913, they were filled with cars.
Same street, just 13 years apart.
But hereās the wild part:
That shift only happened in a few placesāNYC, London, Paris.
Everywhere else, horses still outnumbered cars until the late 1920s.
If you lived in a major city, you saw the future early.
If you didnāt, it took 15 more years to catch on.
Back then proximity shaped perspective.
Today, the patternās the same, but the mechanism has changed.
We used to be connected by interstates.
Now weāre connected by the internet.
Your curiosity is your map.
The people you follow, the tools you try, the questions you ask.
Shape what you see and how fast you adapt.
The future is not a place. Itās a network.
It starts with what youāre paying attention to.
š¤ Use This Persuasion Skill
The most powerful persuasion skill isnāt about convincing othersā¦
Itās helping them convince themselves.
(Yes, this works on you, too)
Which leads to real change?
āI need to stop working so much.ā
āWhen was the last time I felt fully rested and proud of my work?ā
The first is a judgement statement. It creates resistance. The brain focuses on whatās wrong.
The second is a reflective question. It creates curiosity. The brain starts wondering what could be right.
Judgement closes. Curiosity opens.
Framing is everything.
āAsking Questions
āThe art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge.ā
Mucho gusto,
Mitchell