Whenever you get into an argument, whether or not you’re discussing politics with a colleague or the distribution of chores along with your partner, you possible really feel such as you’re floundering. You really feel labored up, however you don’t really feel such as you’re getting your level throughout, a lot much less convincing the opposite particular person of it, and the dialog merely goes in circles. You can really feel like a rank newbie at arguing.
Maybe what you want are some professional suggestions from somebody who’s spent his life arguing competitively. Enter my visitor: Bo Seo. Bo is a two-time world champion debater, a former coach of the Australian nationwide debating staff and the Harvard College Debating Union, and the creator of Good Arguments: How Debate Teaches Us to Listen and Be Heard. Today on the present, Bo and I talk about why studying the artwork of rhetoric and debate was as soon as an integral a part of training within the West, why the topic disappeared from faculties, and the loss this has represented for society. We then flip to the teachings Bo’s taken from his debating profession that you may apply to your individual on a regular basis arguments, whether or not huge or small. Bo explains why it’s essential to ascertain what an argument is admittedly about earlier than you begin into it, and shares a rubric for homing in on which of three kinds of disagreements could also be on the core of a battle. He then explains two issues a powerful argument has to do, and 4 inquiries to ask your self to see for those who’ve met these necessities. Bo additionally unpacks his three P’s for creating persuasive rhetoric and learn how to successfully rebut another person’s claims. We finish our dialog with learn how to decide when it’s value entering into a specific argument and when it’s higher to stroll away.
Resources Related to the Podcast
- AoM collection on Rhetoric 101
- The Winston Churchill Guide to Public Speaking
- The Art of Rhetoric by Aristotle
- AoM Podcast #639: Why You Should Learn the Lost Art of Rhetoric
- AoM Podcast #799: Getting Along Is Overrated
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