Wherein WildTools author Alfred Scott shares his thoughts on how to be a good troublemaker.
Set big, bodacious, change-the-world goals, then believe that you can accomplish them. Allow no limits to the audacity. It’s essential that you must believe that you can achieve a goal, or you will never get there. To set a new world record, an athlete must be able to ’see’ himself doing the thing that others regard as impossible.
Study the great troublemakers of the world: Ghandi, Martin Luther King, Churchill, Lincoln, Franklin, Washington, George Marshall, Robert E. Lee, etc. They were all people-shrewd, they all used their intellect in dealing with people, and they were all masters of communications.
State your case in simple, easy-to-understand phrases, like headlines in an advertising campaign. Learn how to create memorable phrases, words that will forever stay in the minds of your listeners. These phrases are your most powerful tools
