Why Steve Jobs words are magical?
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2 hours ago
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I'm genuinely curious why Steve’s way of talking, organising, and chaining ideas is amazing. From your point of view, what's the secret sauce ?
pseudocomposer
2 hours ago
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It’s knowing when to do less. Both in design and speaking style, only adding complexity as an option of last resort
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redaantar
1 hour ago
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so you think KISS (keep it simple stupid) is the key in this case ?
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throwawayffffas
2 hours ago
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It was not, it's called salesmanship. It's all hype.
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redaantar
1 hour ago
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Ofc it's salesmanship, but actually not anyone is able to chain ideas and talk the same way
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roryirvine
52 minutes ago
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Notably, his later speeches used lots of NLP-esque persuasion techniques.

Prominent examples include the almost hypnotic stress patterns, the frequent reduplication, and deliberate garbling of sentences to ensure the key point always comes right at the end.

Donald Trump (ab)uses some very similar methods - read a Trump speech from when he was in his prime and compare it with a Jobs speech, and it can be surprisingly hard to tell the two apart.

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redaantar
42 minutes ago
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Interesting point of view. Do you have any resources for such things, books, videos, etc., explaining those persuasion techniques you mentioned?
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functionmouse
2 hours ago
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Impeccable taste. Which is, unfortunately, something that can't be put on a resume.
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redaantar
1 hour ago
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Totally agree, but the question "Impeccable taste" is a skill or a gift.
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MisterTea
1 hour ago
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Can you post an example of what you are talking about?
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redaantar
1 hour ago
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There’s some of this in https://book.stevejobsarchive.com/ There are also his videos and speeches, for example when explaining the magic behind computers, and the way he simplifies everything in a delightful way.
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