These Aren't the Droids
Persuasion Intelligence for the Galaxy You're Actually In. 30 days of illustrated daily lessons — same skills as The Art of Getting Yes, told with a sharper voice and a sci-fi-flavored visual line. This is the accessible version, optimized for screen readers and assistive technology. View the full illustrated course.
Available now on Amazon: These Aren't the Droids — Kindle edition (free with Kindle Unlimited).
Foundation — First Read
The ten persuasion fundamentals: what your scanner is, how to calibrate it, and how to stop blaming the audience for your bad signal.
- Day 1 What Is Mind-Reading? (And Why Yours Is Probably Off-Calibration)
- Day 2 The Mirror Problem: Why Your Self-Scan Reads 'All Clear'
- Day 3 The Shield Effect: Why People Resist Before You Transmit a Word
- Day 4 Boot Up Your Own Mind First
- Day 5 Transmit Less, Win More
- Day 6 Emotion Is the Operating System; Logic Is the App
- Day 7 The Flood and the Fog: Two Pressure Tactics That Signal Weakness
- Day 8 Instant Rapport: The Quiet Operator's Edge
- Day 9 Fear and Unpreparedness: The Two Tells That Get You Read
- Day 10 The Five Cs of Automatic Trust
Growth — The Operator's Toolkit
Authority without coercion, charisma as a skill, reading the room, and the drills that turn fundamentals into reflex.
- Day 11 Never Underestimate the Quiet One
- Day 12 Authority Without Coercion: Four Ways to Run the Room
- Day 13 Becoming the Operator People Want to Say Yes To
- Day 14 Charisma Is a Skill, Not a Birthright
- Day 15 Move People Toward Something
- Day 16 Inspiration vs. Desperation: Knowing Which Engine to Run
- Day 17 Delivery Is Half the Signal
- Day 18 Read the Room: Four Crew Types, Four Approaches
- Day 19 The Pro's Edge: Pay in Prep Now, or Pay at the Debrief
- Day 20 The Five Objections Drill: Run Sims Before You Need Them
Mastery — The Full PQ
Listening as a sensor array, ethical influence at scale, persuading up and across, and the daily practice that compounds for life.
- Day 21 Sharpen Your Tools: The Operator Who Never Stops Upgrading
- Day 22 The Full Stack: Position, Present, Influence
- Day 23 The Line Between Persuasion and Manipulation
- Day 24 The 70% Rule: Listening as the Ultimate Sensor Array
- Day 25 Build Your Persuasion Sim: The Daily Practice
- Day 26 Negotiation: When Both Sides Leave With What They Need
- Day 27 Persuading Up: When They Outrank You
- Day 28 Persuading Across: Peers, Partners, and Co-Pilots
- Day 29 The Seven Core Objections
- Day 30 Your PQ for Life: The Practice That Compounds Across the Galaxy