It’s not your fault. Wink, wink.

We heard a lot of talk during last night’s presidential debate between Barack Obama and John McCain.

One issue we didn’t hear too much about was personal responsibility. And when we did, it seemed to be about as popular as, well, nailing Jello to the wall.

And yet, I hear many clamoring for just that: more personal responsibility.

If so many want it, why don’t more politicians talk about it? Because they want to get elected.

I discuss this at length in the One Sentence Persuasion course. In fact, this is one of the “big 5” points I make in the report. And the other 4 are clearly favorites of politicians as well.

In fact, I might go so far as to say the candidate that best embraces these points will be the one who wins in November. I think they’re that powerful.

But judge for yourself.

You can get the free version of the report here. Or if you want more, you can get the updated and expanded audio version of the report here.

Either way, I think you’re about to see this contest in a whole new light. If not, don’t worry. It won’t be your fault.

Posted on Wednesday, October 08, 2008 at 06:07 AM

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John Thomas says...

And if they really want to have complete control over the nation as a leader with a cult-ish following, they’ll get, read, and use Forbidden Keys.

Either way, I kind of feel like Jello nailed to a wall after an election is over: splattered and spent, one big mess. That’s usually because I’ve gotten stressed out over irritating stuff the candidates have set. Or the news commentators afterward.

Is it too early in the day to start drinking?

Posted on 10/08/2008 at 07:33 AM

Bruce says...

Hi Blair,

Great post and right on target.

Successful politicians understand the laws of persuasion. The difference between them and successful business is that a business has to actually deliver on the promises made in their “speeches”.

America is an idiot. The teeming, easily persuaded masses continue to follow one lying politician after another when in their hearts they know they are being fed a line of crap.

Good luck this weekend. Your horns will need it.

Boomer Sooner!
Bruce

Posted on 10/08/2008 at 09:25 AM

Bob Kleppin says...

Well Blair, you did it again...LOL. Personal responsibility is one of the factors that has kept my wife and I from jumping into the world of Internet Marketing with both feet. As we would like our leaders to be, we felt a personal responsibility towards those that would purchase and utilize our products.

We are currently promoting ourselves on pages such as squidoo, etc. We provide rich free content combined with quality driven products.

We have “air” to sell, eventually. However this air is smog free having been proven time and time again by major corporations. Stay tuned.

Thanks for keeping -on keeping-on.

Bob

P.S. HOOK “EM HORNS

Posted on 10/08/2008 at 10:34 AM

Eric Louviere says...