# Ramit Sethi Manipulative Writing Example
**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ramit-sethi-manipulative-writing-example/360
**Category:** Unbounded
**Tags:** social-dynamics
**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ramit-sethi-manipulative-writing-example/360 "2021-10-14T19:06:08Z")
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### Author:  [@Elliot](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/Elliot)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2021, 7:06pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ramit-sethi-manipulative-writing-example/360/1 "2021-10-14T19:06:08Z")
[Ramit Sethi email](https://grow.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/index.php/email/emailWebview?md_id=10942):
> This week I’ve been talking to you about one of my longest-running, most popular, most successful courses: _[Success Triggers](https://buy.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/success-triggers/)_.
>
> But I don’t care that it’s proven so popular. I care about results. I want to see people make changes in their lives that lead to practical results.
>
> I’ve gotten hundreds of stories over the years since _Success Triggers_ first launched. Here are just a few of them:
He’s bragging but claiming not to care about the thing he’s bragging about. I’m great at X but I care about Y, he says. But he’s bringing up X on purpose, for the purpose of bragging about it, because he thinks it’s impressive and high status.
I believe this kind of writing actually fools most people, at least partially.
Test your understanding: What are X and Y?
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### Author:  [@JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2021, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ramit-sethi-manipulative-writing-example/360/2 "2021-10-14T22:49:09Z")
X = popularity or being popular or making popular stuff
Y = practical results
Edited to add spoiler blur
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### Author:  [@JustinCEO](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/JustinCEO)
#### Post date: [October 15, 2021, 12:05pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/ramit-sethi-manipulative-writing-example/360/3 "2021-10-15T12:05:09Z")
From [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis):
> Former United States President [Donald Trump](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump) frequently employs apophasis.[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis#cite_note-huffpo-14) In 2015, Trump said of fellow Republican presidential candidate and former [Hewlett-Packard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hewlett-Packard) CEO [Carly Fiorina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carly_Fiorina), “I promised I would not say that she ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground, that she laid off tens of thousands of people and she got viciously fired. I said I will not say it, so I will not say it.”[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis#cite_note-huffpo-14) In 2016, he tweeted of journalist [Megyn Kelly](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megyn_Kelly), “I refuse to call [her] a bimbo because that would not be politically correct.”[[14]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis#cite_note-huffpo-14) In 2017, as [president](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States), he tweeted of the leader of [North Korea](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korea), “Why would [Kim Jong-un](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Jong-un) insult me by calling me ‘old’, when I would NEVER call him ‘short and fat’?”.[[15]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apophasis#cite_note-15)
Trump loved to bring stuff up while saying he wasn’t. Seems related to bringing stuff up but then saying you don’t care about it