[This is part of the series: 31 Persuasion Tips That I Learned From Scott Adams]
Over time, dwelling increases the importance of a topic.
It makes sense, if you think about it.
The more you think about X, the more you will think that X is significant.
At times, I probably think about this blog too much.
Sure enough, the more I do, the more paramount it feels.
And all of this is just in my head.
The lesson is to guard where you let your mind go.
Conversely. there are, of course, ways to influence the importance of something in others.
But you didn’t hear that from me.
PERSUASION TIP 4: The things that you think about the most will irrationally rise in importance in your mind.
-Scott Adams, Win Bigly