Week 1

Intro: Making You More Persuasive

How to Learn

• Vocabulary/Term
  • terms, use them
    • explain to friends a concept
    • to see if you sufficiently understand it yourself
• Low-Stakes Practice
  • Nobody improves just by staring at a screen
  • The point is to create a space for yourself that is free of judgment, consequence, or anything else that may make you anxious about putting words down on a page.
  • Without low-stakes practice, it is tough to achieve long-term growth.
• High-Stakes Projects
  • A big goal like finishing a paper, submitting a proposal, or applying for a job or promotion can be helpfully motivating.
  • It can also give you a chance to bring together—in a holistic, meaningful way—all the skills you are about to start developing.
• 还有一个就是learn it in different format/ways/styles
  • this is from DrawABox

imagine a world you are 10%, 20%, or 50% better at writing