Posted on 03/06/2017 11:44:24 AM PST by RoosterRedux
[T]wo polls done by CBS and CNN suggest that over 75% of Americans thought that Trump gave a good speech, including a whopping 54% of Democrats. If this is true, then how exactly did Trump win over so many people with this speech? As we look at the speech in depth, we see that is has a lot to do with his understanding of psychology.
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1. Hand Gestures / Body Language
Body language is key when it comes to giving political speeches, and Trump knows this all too well. Something like 90% of all communication is done non-verbally, and so one of the key ways to get your point across, especially in political speeches, is through hand gestures.
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2. Neurolinguistics
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3. Vast Underestimation / The Contrast Effect
One of the key strengths of Donald Trump is his ability to make people underestimate him. We saw it throughout the entire presidential campaign – political candidates and news pundits saying again and again that Trump had no chance of winning. One media source even maintained that Trump had only a 2% percent chance of winning right before the election started. I think it’s safe to say that everyone vastly underestimated him. And this can be an enormous strength. If you allow people to form the opinion that you are incompetent, you then have the ability to surprise everyone when you reveal your true skill.
(Excerpt) Read more at psych2go.net ...
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Ping.
This article is not academic or as insightful as a Scott Adams article, but I found it interesting.
Thought you might too.
Thanks, Rooster.
I see the author caught on to his use of Twitter as a distraction. He makes journalists leap around like a cat following one of those light beam toys.
#3 is straight out of “The Art of War”.
LOL - YES!
Trump is a way better dresser.
“Something like 90% of all communication is done non-verbally”
90%?! don’t tell MaBell
who wrote the horseshiet?
Trump’s use of Twitter was obvious from the get go.
Before the election, he used it to get all kinds of free publicity.
After the election he used it as a distraction so that the media would be on a feeding frenzy all day over that mornings tweet and he’s be going about signing executive orders and getting things don without the media breathing down his neck and trying to undermine him every step of the way.
He’s brilliant.
In reality, he was hypnotizing barbara streisand into ballooning up on pancakes and maple syrup.
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