How to earn influence with thought leaders

1. Avoid political labels such as progressive, conservative, democratic, or republican.

2. Be willing to explain your reasoning and be no more certain than your reasoning and data allow.

3. Think through all of the implications of a policy recommendation.

4. Think through not just the immediate consequences but also long term and unintended effects.

5. To influence influencers, provide examples, especially if non-obvious and counter-intuitive.

6. Seek experiments and do experiments.

From John Chisolm in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ffVmzzqU28