> at which point you are not arguing to persuade but rather to make a point
Excellent concept. I think I get caught up in making points, and this framing will help me do better and making persuasion or agreement the final goal.
I don't think just doing an activity is enough - there has to be conscious effort at improvement.
A person doing a drunken Saturday 18 isn't going to improve. A person going to the range and focusing on technique 20 minutes a day will improve, with far less net time spent.
I think of it in terms of the "10,000 hours to mastery" - how many masters of driving do you see on the road? Most people are just barely not crashing from place to place, not focusing on skill.
Excellent concept. I think I get caught up in making points, and this framing will help me do better and making persuasion or agreement the final goal.