How to Persuade People: The Hidden Power of Stories

[@CobraAquinas]

This is really interesting, this is the same method that has been used by police interrogators for the past 30 years, telling their story, while not making them "wrong" in a sense so that they confront reality without denial reactance.

[@latekahambright5780]

Thank you. Your videos are so informative. I always learn something from your videos.

[@alexanderlyon]

Congratulations on hitting 2000! Way to go, Bruce. Great examples in here, too.

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

Thank you Alex. I’m grateful for your support. Hope you’re well.

[@bsdiceman]

How about mixing narrative persuasion with value based persuasion mention in an earlier video?

[@ndfricano]

Brilliant! Where can the paper be found?

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31020621/

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

Sorry for the delay.

[@abdalameer1318]

Wow. It was smazing vedio as usual. But sir I have a question if you can help me. Now I am working on manipulative strategies in pragmatics or in other words the pragmatic nature of manipulation can you sir suggest me some useful resource? And in what communicative context can I study such subject?

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

Check out the work on pragmatics of deception by Tim Levine and Steve McCornack.

[@abdalameer1318]

@@HowCommunicationWorks Thank you so much

[@abdalameer1318]

@@HowCommunicationWorks Unfortunatly I could not get the resource you, sir suggested me. I don't know what the matter is. I wrote the title in one of sites to down load books and articles but I got nothing. I really need to read about this topic.

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

www.google.com/search?q=levine%20mccornack%20deception

[@abdalameer1318]

@@HowCommunicationWorks That s great. Many thanks

[@hiddens2346]

What if I don't have any relevant and good stories/anecdotes to share? Can I lie and make up my own, inserting the required data in it??

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

It’s probably better not to make up stories. You can probably find the relevant stories if you search around the Internet. But if you have to make up a fictional story that describes a true point, that’s probably not such a bad thing.

[@hiddens2346]

@@HowCommunicationWorks oh wow I've grown to love your channel and its psychological relevance. This is real life application of the theory in my high school psychology textbook. Thanks a lot!!

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

Thank you so much for your kind words. They give me motivation to keep making new videos. Where are you writing from, Syed?

[@hiddens2346]

@@HowCommunicationWorks I'm from Dubai, UAE - but my syllabus is based on Indian curriculum.

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

@@hiddens2346 Cool! Well hello from the US. Tell your other classmates about my channel, please!

[@willstevenson9634]

So basically you're saying that adults are now children and need everything presented in a Disney movie

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

No that’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying that stories have been used for thousands of years to transmit knowledge. They are more interesting, more compelling, and easier to follow for most audiences. You can do what you want, or you can do what works. Choice is yours.

[@josemathews5981]

Please give some useful tips for your subjects. Being a College Professor is not a disadvantage, but kindly throw away your 'old notes'! Plan, prepare, practise, practise, practise and perform. Your sincerity needs special appreciation. All d best.

[@josemathews5981]

Kindly give some stories. Please avoid theories. This is boring.

[@HowCommunicationWorks]

I'm a college professor. Of course I'm going to talk about theory. I try to be entertaining also. Sorry this one bored you.