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Why did McCain’s Negative Campaign Backfire On Him?

November 2, 2008

If there’s one lesson to be learned from the McCain campaign against Barack Obama, it’s this: When you put someone else down, you make yourself look awful.

McCain failed to notice the feedback he was getting from the electorate, and persisted in this pattern of attack until the bitter end. As I said in numerous interviews during the political season, one guy was running for president, one guy was running against the guy running for president. The voters preferred giving the job to the guy who wanted it.

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Can You Talk Your Way Out Of A Scary Situation?

October 30, 2008

Happy Halloween! How do you accept the unacceptable? Seems appropriate to write today about a time I got scared and how it taught me the power of words in the art of persuasion.

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Where Are You in The Stages Of Change?

October 28, 2008

When you find yourself with an underperforming employee, or when you’re not getting the results in your own work that you think should be possible, that’s a good time to use the art of persuasion to move through the five stages of change I talked about in my last post.

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How Can Persuasion Help People Deal With Change?

October 27, 2008

How Can Persuasion Help People Deal With Change? In his book ‘Changing for Good,’ James Prochaska offers a model of change that identifies five stages that people move through before a change is firmly entrenched in their lives. While his model was developed for working with people who have substance abuse problems, I have found that the model has a broader application that is both incredibly interesting and useful. I think you will too!

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Dr. K’s Blog Endorses Barack Obama For President of the USA

October 23, 2008

Yesterday, while working on my new book, I stopped to write my opinion of the whole campaign and where I am at with it. In today’s post, I’ll share with you what I wrote and make an official endorsement. I want to thank those of you who interacted with me about this election in a respectful way.

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How Can You Recover From Your Negative Reactions?

October 21, 2008

To effectively use the Art of Persuasion,it is important that you be in an internally stable frame of mind before seeking to engage the mind or feelings of another. So how do you recover from a bad reaction? How do you get your common sense back instead of over-react?

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A British View Of The US Election

October 19, 2008

So much has changed since 9/11 and after 8 years of the Bush presidency. Gone, it often seems, are the days when the Western World looked to the US as a shining example of what the world might be. Gone, it often seems, are the days when Americans cared, when we ate French Fries (not Freedom Fries) with relish (well, ketchup) and enjoyed calling them that.

Or are they? Just a few days ago, someone was telling me that Europe is fearful of Obama and that Obama makes the US a laughing stock for Europe.

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Dr. K Doubles Down With A 2nd Post, Covering 3rd Debate!

October 16, 2008

I’ve said from the beginning that John McCain’s greatest strengths in this campaign were his heroic service to the country, his experience, his association with reform, and his likability. He could have fashioned all of this into one helluva campaign.

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