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speaking-influence

Guide creation of influence-driven stories using Eric Edmeades' five levels framework.

Updated May 21, 2026
Search Tags:#storytelling#public speaking#paradigm shift#influence#inception#emotional anchoring#aikido principle
One-click install
npx skills add https://github.com/jedmamosto/m-and-ms --skill speaking-influence
Or copy as Structured Prompt for Agent▼
Please help me install this Agent Skill.
Skill: speaking-influence
Source: https://github.com/jedmamosto/m-and-ms/tree/main/.agents/skills/speaking-influence
Command: npx skills add https://github.com/jedmamosto/m-and-ms --skill speaking-influence

SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION & REQUIREMENTS

What problem does it solve?

This Skill helps you craft speeches and narratives that move people beyond entertainment into real understanding, belief shifts, and self-driven buy-in.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Five Levels of Impact: Design your storytelling so it deliberately targets Entertain, Inspire, Teach, Paradigm Shift, or Inception rather than hoping the audience “gets it.”
  • Aikido-based Paradigm Shifts: Align with the audience’s current beliefs, avoid forced debate, and redirect from shared ground toward a new way of seeing.
  • Inception Storytelling Process: Build a realization that feels like the audience’s own idea, including emotional anchoring and the “buying question” moment without overt selling.
  • Execution Checklist for Magnetic Stories: Use sensory detail, strategic pauses, vocal and facial presence, vulnerability, and concrete examples so concepts transfer instantly to non-experts.

Quick Start

Use the speaking-influence Skill to rewrite your talk so each abstraction is replaced with a concrete everyday example and the narrative sequence targets the Inception moment.

Frequently Asked Questions about speaking-influence

High-intent search queries and answers about installing and using this skill.

FAQPage Schema
How do I create stories that shift audience beliefs instead of just entertaining them?▼

Inception storytelling builds a narrative sequence where a realization feels like the audience's own idea, using emotional anchoring and a strategic buying question moment to inspire self-motivated buy-in without overt selling.

What is the Aikido principle for public speaking and paradigm shifts?▼

The Aikido principle for public speaking involves aligning with the audience's current beliefs to avoid forced debate, then redirecting from shared ground toward a new way of seeing, achieving a paradigm shift without confrontation.

How do I replace abstract concepts in my speech with concrete examples?▼

Use an execution checklist emphasizing sensory detail, strategic pauses, vocal and facial presence, vulnerability, and concrete everyday examples so abstract concepts transfer instantly to non-experts during your presentation.

Can I use this narrative mechanics approach for teaching and presentations?▼

Yes, this narrative mechanics approach explicitly applies to speaking, teaching, and presentation scenarios where you must inspire, teach, or redirect audience thinking using emotional anchoring and alignment structures.

When should I test for inception in my storytelling process?▼

You should test for inception during the narrative building process to ensure the realization feels like the audience's own idea, validating that the emotional anchoring and buying question moment produce self-motivated buy-in without overt selling.

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