The Psychology Of Customer Manipulation: Behavioral Economics 101
As humans, we fall prey to mental shortcuts that lead us down the wrong path in terms of decision making. These cognitive biases work like optical illusions - they cause us to misinterpret reality. We then act on this false reality and make choices that are really not in our best interests. Learn how to prevent retailers from taking advantage of you.
Influencing For Good: Nudging People To Behave Better
Getting others to change bad behavior can be a challenge. Learn why a simple nudge based on behavioral sciences principles, can be all that is needed. A simple and easy way to help people move away from destructive behavior.
Influencing The Arrogant: Jedi Master Persuasion
Learn an easy way to tell the good influence techniques from the bad. Why the most unassuming methods work the best. The Jedi Master tricks of persuasion.
Stop Being Fooled By Restaurant Manipulation: Menu Engineering Tricks
Restaurants have recently become acquainted with modern behavioral economics. They are using these cognitive tricks to get us to be willing to spend more money when dining out. Learn how to spot some of these guises and what you can do to avoid the pitfalls.
Make Your Boss Stop Rejecting Your Ideas: How To “Bossify” Them
The reason why your ideas get shot down could have nothing to do with their merit. It may do with unconscious biases we all have towards things we have not played a role in creating.
The Real Reason Why Costco Gives Out Free Samples
Next time you shop at Costco, you will probably decline their free product samples after you read this. Learn from Costco and understand how to use the influencing principle of reciprocity to your benefit. If you use it ethically, you will grow in influence and advance quickly where you work.
Why Reasoning With People Is A Waste Of Time & What You Should Do Instead
I teach you why it is a waste of time to try and convince people with facts and reasons. It makes them argue more and resist. Instead try these other approaches that are proven to work better. Learn them here.
Get People To Feel Like Saying Yes To You Even Before Making A Request
Learn how to direct your audience's attention to associated concepts that will make it more likely to for them to say yes to your future request. This easy concept and ways to deploy it to gain influence over people are explained here.
How To Grow Your Influence At Work: Talent Stacks
Instead of focusing on becoming the best at one or two things. Learn to be above average in many skills and watch your influence grow. Use Talent Stacks to advance your career.
The Right Way To Get People Saying “Yes” To You More Often – 7 Shortcuts of Influence
Persuading people is actually very easy. The problem is that all this time, we've been taught wrong. This will clear the fog and show you the right way to do it.
How To Be An Inspirational Leader Like Warren Buffett
Master Persuader, Warren Buffett, recently released his annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway’s shareholders. If you need the best investment advice, then read […]
Influencing And Persuasion Reading List: New And Expanded
If your persuasion skills are not as good as you hoped they should be and you are not getting what you want in life, it is really not your fault and I understand your frustration. I was once in your position. You have been misled and mostly taught the wrong ways to persuade by the confusing advice out there.
The Surprising Way To Get People To Change: Pacing and Leading
You would never think to get someone to change by actually joining in their behavior. But this is one of the best ways to get change that you've never been taught. The best persuaders use it and you should too.
What Chipotle Can Teach You To Get Ahead In Your Career: Behavioral Economics
Learn how the field of behavioral economics can help you at ahead at work. Some easy examples that are rarely taught by career development courses.
Make People Agree With Your Ideas: Influencing Through Emotions
Imagine how much influence you could gain over people by connecting to their emotions. All while helping them through THEIR difficulties and troubles. This is rarely taught in career development courses seemingly because it is so basic. But it is highly effective and you should use it.
Why Apple’s Stock Is Declining: Understanding Regression To The Mean
Understanding the concept of Regression To The Mean is important in finding out what really drives extreme success.
The Success Stories Of Others Are A Waste Of Your Time: What Really Drives Outcomes
Stop wasting your time reading stories of the successful traits of companies and individuals. New research shows us that the lessons inferred are mostly imaginary and will not help us. Another surprising factor plays a bigger role for determining great success.
How To Enhance Your Success: The Real Psychology Of Luck
Statistically, success is more likely to come your way than not. How long it lasts and how you take advantage of it are up to you. Learn why talent is often overrated and what surprising element actually plays as a big a role for achieving better outcomes in your life.
Earn A Higher Performance Rating At Work: Persuasive Writing For Business
Some useful tips to make your writing and storytelling more persuasive and readable. Forget about what you learned in your college English classes. What you need is brevity and simplicity and you will earn a bigger following.
Make Your Boss Stop Rejecting Your Ideas: How To “Bossify” Them
The reason why your ideas get shot down could have nothing to do with their merit. It may do with unconscious biases we all have towards things we have not played a role in creating.
Don’t Criticize People – Do This Instead
Don't criticize anyone. Don't blame them.
An Easy Way To Overcome Your Fear Of Public Speaking
Visualize your past successes before you make a presentation or do an interview. Persuade yourself to a killer performance.
The Right Way To Get People Saying “Yes” To You More Often – 7 Shortcuts of Influence
Persuading people is actually very easy. The problem is that all this time, we've been taught wrong. This will clear the fog and show you the right way to do it.
The Real Reason Why Costco Gives Out Free Samples
Next time you shop at Costco, you will probably decline their free product samples after you read this. Learn from Costco and understand how to use the influencing principle of reciprocity to your benefit. If you use it ethically, you will grow in influence and advance quickly where you work.
How To Win Your Next Big Project At Work
Observe this Master Persuader Move from Elon Musk in his tweet below. A brilliant way to get people to buy […]
Stop Being Fooled By Restaurant Manipulation: Menu Engineering Tricks
Restaurants have recently become acquainted with modern behavioral economics. They are using these cognitive tricks to get us to be willing to spend more money when dining out. Learn how to spot some of these guises and what you can do to avoid the pitfalls.
Make People Agree With Your Ideas: Influencing Through Emotions
Imagine how much influence you could gain over people by connecting to their emotions. All while helping them through THEIR difficulties and troubles. This is rarely taught in career development courses seemingly because it is so basic. But it is highly effective and you should use it.
Influencing The Arrogant: Jedi Master Persuasion
Learn an easy way to tell the good influence techniques from the bad. Why the most unassuming methods work the best. The Jedi Master tricks of persuasion.