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I Get So Emotional, Baby

I Get So Emotional, Baby

Chip and Dan Heath's book Made to Stick talks about The Curse of Knowledge, making our writing sticky, simple, unexpected, concrete, and credible. Now, we're going to dig into emotions and how they attract your ideal peeps. Focus on the One The fifth principle we'll...

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How Being Concrete Can Make You Sticky

How Being Concrete Can Make You Sticky

In the past few posts, we've explored the ideas set out by Chip and Dan Heath, in their book Made to Stick about The Curse of Knowledge, making our writing sticky, simple, and unexpected. In this post, we'll continue our exploration of the six principles you can use...

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