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December 19, 2024

To write a speech, write a phrase.

December 19, 2024/ Jay Heinrichs
To write a speech, write a phrase.

Your audience won’t remember your speech, but they’ll leave with your thought.

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December 19, 2024

Ethos III: The original virtue was for men.

December 19, 2024/ Jay Heinrichs
Ethos III: The original virtue was for men.

Aristotle made virtue the most powerful characteristic of a leader. So why did it take women so long to acquire it?

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December 19, 2024

Ethos II: The Moneyball Approach

December 19, 2024/ Jay Heinrichs
Ethos II: The Moneyball Approach

Advertisers rely on the most powerful figure of speech: the paean, a candy-coated war cry.

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December 02, 2024

Ethos is an attitude.

December 02, 2024/ Jay Heinrichs
Ethos is an attitude.

Your rhetorical character comes from your audience’s impression, not your saintliness.

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November 18, 2024

Why we all should read the unlikeable H.L. Mencken

November 18, 2024/ Jay Heinrichs
Why we all should read the unlikeable H.L. Mencken

His unbeatable American prose can hone your own writing to a cutting edge.

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November 14, 2024

How to manipulate a parent

November 14, 2024/ Jay Heinrichs
How to manipulate a parent

I offer to teach high school students to get what they want from their parents. There’s more than madness to this method. It reveals some of the essentials of successful argument.

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