The Persuasion Issue

<p><br></p><p><strong>THE PERSUASION ISSUE</strong></p><br><p>Welcome to Lennon Courtney Left Alone, a podcast about conversations we have when we’re left alone.</p><br><p>This week it’s The Persuasion Issue. The art of persuasion hasn’t changed much in 2000 years not since Aristotle tootled around Greece musing on the subject. Are you the persuader or persuadee in your life? If you want to win someone around to your way of thinking, what is the best way to go about it? We look at it all in this week’s episode.&nbsp;</p><p>But wait! Before you listen to this week’s issue, can we persuade you to show us your support by leaving a short positive review and giving us five stars at this <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lennon-courtney-left-alone/id1498840013" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">link</a>?You’ll be whizzed over to our iTunes page where you can tell us how we’re your favourite podcast. It’s a simple way you can help the podcast grow - we can’t do it without you.</p><p>Wear a mask, a frock (over your PJs if necessary) and do something nice for yourself today.&nbsp;</p><p>Sonya and Brendan.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><strong>THINGS MENTIONED IN THE SHOW</strong></p><p><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/31/opinion/change-someones-mind.html?smid=tw-share" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Science of Reasoning with Unreasonable People - NYT by Adam Grant</a></p><p><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/14/how-donald-trump-charms-people.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>How Donald Trump ‘charms’ people and why it works</strong></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>READ:&nbsp;</strong><a href="https://hbr.org/2019/07/the-art-of-persuasion-hasnt-changed-in-2000-years" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>The Art of Persuasion Hasn’t Changed in 2,000 years...acc to Harvard Business Review</strong></a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><strong>OUTSIDE THINGS:&nbsp;</strong></p><p><strong>READ: </strong><a href="https://www.easo