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Simple Strategies You Can Use To Persuade Anyone with The Godfather of Influence Dr. Robert Cialdini

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In this episode we discuss an old trick palm readers use that you can leverage to get people to do what you want, why persuasion does not lie just in the message itself, but rather in how the message is presented, what the research reveals about why the context matters as much, if not more, than the content itself, why you shouldn’t ask people for their opinion but instead ask someone for their advice, how small differences that seem trivial make a HUGE impact on human behavior, and much more with Dr. Robert Cialdini.

Dr. Robert Cialdini is the president and CEO of INFLUENCE AT WORK. He is the multi best selling author of Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, and his latest book Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way To Influence and Persuade and he is currently a Regents Professor Eremites of Psychology and Marketing at the Arizona State University. Commonly referred to as “The Godfather Of Influence” Robert’s work has been featured around the world with clients such as Twitter, Microsoft, London Business Forum, SXSW, and more.

We discuss:

  • How very small differences can have very big effect on human behavior.

  • How researchers boosted their response rate from 29% to 77.3% with one simple question

  • How can a photo change your ability to solve problems more effectively?

  • How to create a state of mind in your recipient that makes them more open to your request!

  • This one trick palm readers use that you can leverage to get people to do what you want

  • The Power of persuasion does not lie just in the message itself, but rather in how the message is presented

  • How did a small change in communication greatly affect the United Kingdom's tax collection.

  • Context matters as much as or more than content

  • How can you ethically leverage the concepts of pre-suasion?

  • One thing you can do to hack job interviews using this simple tactic

  • Why you shouldn’t ask people for their opinion but instead ask someone for their advice

  • Ask yourself “What is it about my message that will make it most wise for people to say yes to it”

  • Is it possible to use pre-suasion on ourselves?

  • How changing a simple image can greatly improve your ability to solve problems.

  • "Tell me what you’re paying attention to, and I'll tell you who you are"

  • And much more!

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