“acknowledge and explain” - Trust but verify
George Burns: “Sincerity — if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
Sincerity - born with you, impression at first sight - bonding at hand-shaking - lucky you ... Harrison Monarth, co-author of The Confident Speaker, who advises in an article for Harvard Business Review to “wrap your vision in a story that fires the imagination and stirs the soul”.
Sam Leith’s excellent advice, in his collected Art of Persuasion columns for the FT Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister, in adopting a relentless tone of reasonableness and candour. As variously attributed to Groucho Marx and George Burns: “Sincerity — if you can fake that, you’ve got it made.”
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Opinion Executive education What Shakespeare can teach Zuckerberg about dramaThe Facebook founder needs help to pull off a convincing narrative under pressure re·lent verb verb: relent; 3rd person present: relents; past tense: relented; past participle: relented; gerund or present participle: relenting -
abandon or mitigate a harsh intention or cruel treatment. "she was going to refuse his request, but relented" | synonyms: | change one's mind, backpedal, do a U-turn, back down, give way/in, capitulate; More become merciful, become lenient, agree to something, allow something, concede something; formalaccede "the government finally relented" | -
(especially of bad weather) become less severe or intense. "by evening the rain relented" | synonyms: | ease off/up, slacken, let up, abate, drop, die down, lessen, decrease, subside, weaken | |
