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How to Persuade with a Soft Touch (and Avoid Being Argumentative)

In a noisy world, it’s what we don’t say that can be most persuasive

May 19, 2021

How to Persuade with a Soft Touch (and Avoid Being Argumentative)

May 19, 2021

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The Writing Cooperative

Insulate Yourself Against Impatient Writing

Why and how to slow down our written compositions

Mar 17, 2021

Insulate Yourself Against Impatient Writing

Mar 17, 2021

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Better Advice

Strengthen Your Communication by Visualizing Friendship

When we care for audiences as friends, we become better speakers and writers

Jan 23, 2021

Strengthen Your Communication by Visualizing Friendship

Jan 23, 2021

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The Writing Cooperative

What John Carpenter’s Halloween Teaches Us About Effective Writing

Celebrating the value of simplicity and humanism

Sep 30, 2020

What John Carpenter’s Halloween Teaches Us About Effective Writing

Sep 30, 2020

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Reality. Persuasion. Communication.

Manage Your Inspiration — and Results Will Follow

Ways to strategically spark and sustain inspired personal productivity

Jul 10, 2020

Manage Your Inspiration — and Results Will Follow

Jul 10, 2020

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The Writing Cooperative

Overwriting Isn’t so Bad

How excessive writing (and then scaling back) can take drafting to the next level

Apr 28, 2020

Overwriting Isn’t so Bad

Apr 28, 2020

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Better Marketing

How to Be Persuasive Without Dumbing Down Your Communication

Concrete evidence, empathy, and utility can help us market abstract ideas to others

Feb 13, 2020

How to Be Persuasive Without Dumbing Down Your Communication

Feb 13, 2020

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The Startup

Writing With an Entrepreneurial Mindset

Courage, reach, and growth can strengthen our writing — and motivate us to be more generous communicators

Jan 20, 2020

Writing With an Entrepreneurial Mindset

Jan 20, 2020

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Reality. Persuasion. Communication.

Why Reading Books Can Elevate Professional Development

Podcasts and TED Talks are great — but learning through books can still offer a better growth experience

Jan 4, 2020

Why Reading Books Can Elevate Professional Development

Jan 4, 2020

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The Writing Cooperative

What Mark Twain’s Writing Space Can Teach Us about Writing Efficiency

A strategy of flexibility when managing our focus as writers

Nov 14, 2019

What Mark Twain’s Writing Space Can Teach Us about Writing Efficiency

Nov 14, 2019

Gavin Hurley

Gavin Hurley

Ph.D., communication coach, and writing consultant. Author of essays/books on the rhetorical arts, persuasion, and practical philosophy http://gavinfhurley.com

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