How did Wilson gain public support?

When Wilson (former US President) just took office as the governor of New Jersey, he attended a luncheon hosted by the New York Southern News Agency. The chairman of the banquet introduced to everyone: "Wilson will be the future president." President of the United States. "Of course, it is impossible for Mr. President to have such predictive power. This is just his complimentary words.

So Wilson stepped onto the podium under praise. After a brief opening speech, he said to the crowd: "I hope I won't be like the characters in the stories others told me in the past. In Canada, a group of The tourists were fishing by the stream, and one of them, a man named Johnson, boldly drank some kind of dangerous wine. He drank a lot of this wine, and then he and his companions were about to take the train back, but he Instead of taking the train going north, he took the train going south. So, his companions were anxious to find him, so they sent a telegram to the conductor of the train going south: 'Please send a man named Johnson. The short man was sent to the train heading north. He was already drunk. Soon, they received a call back from the conductor: "Please describe the characteristics of the passengers in more detail. There are thirteen drunk passengers on this train." I neither know my name nor my destination. 'And I, Wilson, although I know my name, I cannot know where my future destination will be like your Mr. Chairman." One of the guests here said. Everyone burst out laughing, and the atmosphere of the banquet suddenly became happy and lively.

Most of those who laughed at Wilson's stories agreed that anecdotes that make people laugh often come from the joker's self-joking. However, few in the audience understood that Wilson's story was actually based on something they had experienced.

Is Wilson’s intention just to make people laugh? Of course not. In fact, he used the most powerful way to gain others' goodwill and support for him, and also eliminated the previous barriers. Wilson's strategy is to sacrifice one's own "self" in order to enhance the "self" of others.

You must know that all extraordinary talents will deliberately make fun of themselves or criticize themselves when they are close to the people, in order to make the people feel relaxed and happy. At least when he speaks, the people will feel that they are superior to him, so the people will generally arouse feelings of sympathy, love and support.