In the 1992 US Presidential election, Bill Clinton was notorious for going off point. Read an Excerpt/PDF Preview Simple: What one thing do I want my audience to remember? Story: How can I keep my audience engaged? Unexpected: How can I make my message surprising and insightful?Ĭoncrete: How can I make my message easy to understand?Ĭredible: How can I make my message believable?Įmotion: How can I make my audience care? Simple: What one thing do I want my audience to remember? To deliver messages people find interesting and memorable (despite not having our knowledge and experience), you need to modify your ideas to include the following traits: This ‘curse’ impedes our ability to share ideas effectively because it makes us believe other people share our interests and other people care about our ideas as much as we do. Psychologists call this the curse of knowledge. Once we know something, it’s hard to imagine what it was like to not know it. The book “ Made to Stick” lays out the most important characteristics of “stickiness” that is, what makes ideas “stick” in the mind, and how to make them work for you. Made to Stick explains why some ideas become popular, while others wither and die. “When an expert asks, ‘Will people understand my idea?’ her answer will be Yes, because she herself understands.” – Chip & Dan Heath
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