No leader can succeed without mastering the art of persuasion. But there’s hard science in that skill, too, and a large body of psychological research suggests there are six basic laws of winning ...

His new platform aims “to defend free speech and free inquiry against all its enemies.” But is it really just obsessed with cancel culture? In an essay published on June 30, Johns Hopkins University ...

Have you noticed? Everyone seems to have strong opinions these days. Really strong opinions. Sure, it’s an election year and the list of contentious issues seems to be growing. But not all of the ...

No wonder Harvard Business Review calls persuasion a necessary art. When it comes to persuasion, there is an endless list of strategies, methods, and tactics we employ in order to convince others to ...

Calling someone manipulative is a criticism of that person’s character. Saying that you have been manipulated is a complaint about having been treated badly. Manipulation is dodgy at best, and ...

“Persuasion” (1817), the final work by Jane Austen, one of the greatest of all English-language novelists, tells the story of Anne Elliot, and her complicated reconnection aged 27 with her former ...

In my opinion, Persuasion is the most romantic of all Jane Austen's novels. Of course, I can't deny that Pride and Prejudice is incredibly beautiful (and I will read retellings of it all day long), ...