To Become Super-Likable, Practice “The Ben Franklin Effect”

The 18th-century observation later confirmed by science

Barry Davret
The Startup
Published in
4 min readDec 24, 2019

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When Ben Franklin sought to transform an adversary into a supporter, he turned to an unusual approach. He later described it in his autobiography as an old maxim.

In 1969, researchers would confirm his maxim. Today, we call it “The Ben Franklin…

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Barry Davret
The Startup

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