How to get people to listen to you?

Speak concisely but BEAUTIFULLY! Use vivid metaphors, accurate comparisons, storytelling techniques. All these tricks are fine and even essential to build persuasive skills! There's a six-word story story written by Ernest Hemingway: «For sale, baby shoes, never worn». That's it! And our imagination creates omitted events and images making our hearts ache at sympathy." Make your best to put thoughts in succinct phrases.