changing minds

Is polite persuasion impossible among the presently polarized populace? Mindstuck: Mastering the Art of Changing Minds author Michael McQueen has answers!

What We Discuss with Michael McQueen:

• Despite technological advances that have changed how we communicate, the psychology that dictates our persuasion, decision-making, and thinking remains the same.
• The effects of rationalizing our existing beliefs and the power of our expectations and perceptions.
• The importance of not defining ourselves by our opinions.
• Practical persuasion techniques such as priming and the power of sequence, as well as the effectiveness — and associated dangers — of using fear as a persuasive tool.
• How an understanding of these concepts can improve our ability to communicate and persuade — even when society seems hopelessly polarized (and doubly so during an election year).
• And much more...

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Daryl Davis (@realdaryldavis) is a musician, author, lecturer, host of the Changing Minds podcast, and anti-racism activist featured in the documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America.

What We Discuss with Daryl Davis:

• How Daryl Davis, a black musician who was once told by a Ku Klux Klansman that he played piano "just like Jerry Lee Lewis," leveraged the encounter into a teachable moment that has led to more than 200 KKK members hanging up their robes for good.
• Why racism was such an unfathomable concept when Daryl first experienced it as a 10-year-old Cub Scout.
• How traveling around the world as a child with his diplomat father gave Daryl the tools he needed to sit down and relate to people vastly different from him.
• Why Daryl considers a missed opportunity for dialogue to be a missed opportunity for conflict resolution.
• The five values all humans have in common that Daryl uses to positively navigate (almost) any conversation.
• And much more...

Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/539

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