How To Write To A Skeptical Crowd

The Golden Rule Of Communication

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There is a Golden Rule in persuasion or any type of communication. When you violate the Golden Rule, you not only fail to persuade, you often make matters worse. You portray yourself as the attacker, the victimizer. It gives your recipient cause not only to dismiss you but dismiss your entire message, no matter how righteous, logical or fact-based.