Fine Tune Your EQ or Emotional Intelligence What makes someone successful? Why do some people achieve wealth while others don’t? How can we predict who will make it big, who will barely make ends meet, and who will fail?…
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Episode 438 – Fine Tune Your EQ or Emotional Intelligence
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Episode 437 – Saving the Sale: Refunds, Regret, And Remorse
Saving the Sale: Refunds, Regret, And Remorse Imagine that there is a giant rubber band inside of you. When dissonance is present, the rubber band begins to stretch. As long as the dissonance exists, the band stretches tighter and…
Episode 436 – Negotiating A Raise – Mistakes To Avoid
Negotiating A Raise – Mistakes To Avoid Let’s talk about where negotiation fits into the world of persuasion and the difference between the two. Persuasion occurs when your ideas are so convincing that the other party adopts your point…
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Episode 435 – How Humor, Happiness, And Mood Increase Sales
How Humor, Happiness, And Mood Increase Sales Moods affect our thinking, judgment, and willingness to say yes. When the person you are trying to persuade is in a good mood, they are more likely to accept your offer. The…
Episode 434 – How Waiting (Lines, Emails, Products) Triggers Negative Behavior & Resistance
How Waiting (Lines, Emails, Products) Triggers Negative Behavior & Resistance Do you know how long waiting times affect persuasion? Do they bave a negative or positive influence? Listen now to see how waiting is either helping or hurting your…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: complexity of sale, customer service wait times, disneyland lines, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, length of zoom presentation, making people wait, making prospects wait, Psychology of Waiting Lines, starbucks lines, takeaway, Time to return call or email, why people get upset at lines
Episode 432 – Resisting Manipulation And GasLighting – The Dark Side of Influence
Resisting Manipulation And GasLighting – The Dark Side of Influence Do you think people are trying to flatter you into submission? Are they using manipulation tactics and want to know how to resist. Are you seeing signs of gaslighting…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: bully, coercion, dark side of influence, dark tricks of persuasion, first impressions, flattery, Guilt-tripping and projection, how to resist, intimidation, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, manipulation tactics, Moving the goalposts, signs of gaslighting, Triangulation, what is gaslighting, when sales become unethical, why people control and manipulate
Episode 431 – How Being Too Qualified Hurts Trust
How Being Too Qualified Hurts Trust A poll with your prospects found that Trust is at an all-time low. Their default setting is not to trust you. In fact, only 12 percent of the prospects trusted their persuaders, while…
Episode 430 – JND, Shrinkflation, Advertising – Brilliant Deception?
JND, Shrinkflation, Advertising – Brilliant Deception? Our task is not only to realize humor’s profound influence but also to develop the necessary skills to use it powerfully and ethically. As you become more and more skilled at incorporating humor…
Episode 429 – Reprogram Your Brain For Success And Wealth
Reprogram Your Brain For Success And Wealth Most people don’t address why it is taking so long to achieve their goals or find their success. The first step is always self-discipline. When we hear the word self-discipline or willpower,…
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Episode 428 – The Secret Sauce of Influence
The Secret Sauce of Influence Optimistic persuaders outpersuade pessimistic persuaders every time. Not only is optimism essential to influencing others, but is also a critical for success in life. Optimism is more than a positive mental attitude. It is…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: influence, kurt mortensen, maximize your influence, maximum influence, optimism, persuade anyone, persuasion, persuasion iq, sales mastery
Episode 427 – Wealth Formula Secrets – Tom Painter Interview
Wealth Formula Secrets – Tom Painter Interview How did you learn what you know about money? You likely picked it up, a piece here, a tip there. You absorbed attitudes from your parents and from the media. You absorbed…
Episode 426 – Resistance: Do You Create Your Own NO
Resistance: Do You Create Your Own NOs By adding Expectations to your persuasive toolbox, you can change your audience’s expectations of you—and their expectation of buying your product, service, or idea—and you will be infinitely more persuasive. Staring at…
Episode 425 – 3 Critical BUT Forgotten Sales And Persuasion Techniques
3 Critical BUT Forgotten Sales And Persuasion Techniques When you become a great Persuader, you will learn to love objections. You will understand that when people voice their objections, it indicates interest and shows that they are paying attention…
Episode 424 – The Quickest Way To Get A YES
The Quickest Way To Get A YES Life is change; persuasion is change. As a Persuader, you must be able to create and motivate change. Understanding human nature is knowing that most people will resist change and burrow into…
Episode 423 – How To Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket
How To Get Out Of A Speeding Ticket Persuaders know emotion will override logic every time. I will assume here (I know I shouldn’t do that) that you can form a logical argument. Reading emotions and your emotional intelligence…
Episode 422 – Conversation Starters For People to Like You
Conversation Starters For People to Like You A great persuader can connect with anyone in thirty seconds or less. First impressions take only seconds to form, but they last a lifetime. This is a critical skill to develop because…
Episode 421 – 7 Reasons People Don’t Trust You
7 Reasons People Don’t Trust You All things being equal, people will do business with, and refer business to, those people they know, like, and trust. People choose healthier food when with outsiders for fear of being negatively judged…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: arrogant, blame, body language, demean competition, disrespect, interrupt, kurt mortensen, lack competence, maximum influence, phubbing, presentation skills, proxemics, reveal weakness, speaking blunders
Episode 420 – Sales vs Negotiation: Different Tools For Different Times
Sales vs Negotiation: Different Tools For Different Times Let’s talk about where negotiation fits into the world of persuasion and the difference between the two. Persuasion occurs when your ideas are so convincing that the other party adopts your…
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Episode 419 – The Boomerang Effect And Why People Resist You
The Boomerang Effect And Why People Resist You Join me for this week’s podcast on Shut-Up And Sell: No More Data Dump. Do you repel people? Most people say no. Howeve statistics show that this is happening to you.…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: Anticonformity, Antisuasion, boomerang effect, Dissuasion, Jack & Cohen, Jack Brehm, kurt mortensen, maximum influence, Reactance, romeo and Juliet effect, zoom hurts creativity
Episode 418 – Shut-Up And Sell: No More Data Dump
Shut-Up And Sell: No More Data Dump Join me for this week’s podcast on Shut-Up And Sell: No More Data Dump. During this podcast, I will reveal how to know when it is time to ask for their business.…
Episode 417 – How To Increase Meeting (Zoom) Participation, Engagement And Influence
How To Increase Meeting (Zoom) Participation, Engagement And Influence As a persuader, you need to help your audience be one step closer to taking action. As a Power Persuader, your goal is to decrease the distance someone has to…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: influence, kurt mortensen, maximize your influence, maximum influence, persuasion, virtual influence, virtual persuasion, zoom, zoom engagement, zoom participation
Episode 416 – The 3 Keys To Increase Your Power Of Persuasion
The 3 Keys To Increase Your Power Of Persuasion The moment people sense that you are attempting to persuade them, their resistance increases in size and strength. To counter this tendency, persuasion and sales must take place below the…
Episode 414 – Negotiation Techniques, Tactics, Tips and Psychological Tricks With Marshall Wilkinson
Negotiation Techniques, Tactics, Tips and Psychological Tricks With Marshall Wilkinson Join me for this week’s podcast cast on Negotiation Techniques, Tactics, Tips, and Psychological Tricks With Marshall Wilkinson. Marshall has negotiated over 2 billion dollars in contracts. We will…
Episode 413 – How Colors, Symbols, And Aromas Help/Hurt Your Ability To Influence
How Colors, Symbols, And Aromas Help/Hurt Your Ability To Influence What are you doing that causes your prospect to feel – This does not feel right? Maybe what you are doing causes them to think – I need to…
Episode 412 – Top Persuasion Mistakes/Blunders Of All Time #2
Top Persuasion Mistakes/Blunders Of All Time #2 Do you repel people? Most people say no. Although most of us do things that repel people. You have met people that just rubbed you the wrong way. They repelled you, you…
Episode 411 – Top Persuasion Mistakes/Blunders Of All Time #1
Top Persuasion Mistakes/Blunders Of All Time #1 Want to know the top persuasion mistakes? Want solutions to those influence blunders that are costing you money? 17 Things Keeping You From Getting Rich Join me for this week’s podcast cast…
Episode 410 – Nonverbals that Influence vs Body Language That Repels
How To Think On Your Feet: The Creative Art Of The Spontaneous, Impromptu Presentation Do you want to know more about your body language and how to use it to persuade with power? Did you know many of your…
Episode 409 – How To Think On Your Feet: The Creative Art Of The Spontaneous, Impromptu Presentation
How To Think On Your Feet: The Creative Art Of The Spontaneous, Impromptu Presentation Do you want to be able to think on your feet? Adjust your presentation on the fly? Adapt to your prospect and persuade them how…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: be more creative, be more spontaneous, exercises for impromptu, Harvard HBR, how to do a impromptu, how we get stuck on youtube, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, overcome scrolling, steps to impromptu, steps to organize improve, superbowl commercials, why social media addicting
Episode 408 – How To Make Video Conferencing (And Zoom) More Influential
How To Make Video Conferencing (And Zoom) More Influential Are your presentations persuasive? Are you sure? What about your ability to engage and influence on zoom or other video conferencing platforms? These skills are critical for influence and upward…
Episode 407 – The Mindset Of A Successful Salesperson
The Mindset Of A Successful Salesperson Great persuaders gain control over their destiny by controlling and directing their thoughts. Considering that our actions are emotion-driven and our emotions are thought-driven, we’ve got to get our thoughts on track. They…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: empowering habits, genuine, kurt mortensen, persuasion iq, provide solutions, purpose, Successful sales mindset, Tony Robbins
Episode 406 – Lost Trust? – How To Rebuild Credibility In A Skeptical World
Lost Trust? – How To Rebuild Credibility In A Skeptical World No one can follow through on an act or message without first thinking or seeing in their mind that it is possible to accomplish it. You can mentally…
Episode 405 – Paint The Persuasion Picture – Keys To Mental Engagement
Paint The Persuasion Picture – Keys To Mental Engagement There are many studies the reveal the relationship between visualization and success in sports. There is a well-known study done by Russian scientists. They wanted to know the relationship between…
Episode 403 – The 7 Deadly Negotiation Sins – Mistakes Costing You The Deal
The 7 Deadly Negotiation Sins – Mistakes Costing You The Deal The research shows that when you create a positive perception with your prospect, you have an 85 percent chance of influence. On the other hand, you have only…
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Episode 402 – Networking and Building Strategic Relationships – Interview with Ivan Misner
Networking and Building Strategic Relationships – Interview with Ivan Misner The research shows that when you create a positive perception with your prospect, you have an 85 percent chance of influence. On the other hand, you have only a…
Episode 401 – Negotiation, Ego, And Getting A Raise – Interview With Gaetan Pellerin
Negotiation, Ego, And Getting A Raise – Interview With Gaetan Pellerin Persuasion occurs when your ideas are so convincing that the other party adopts your point of view. With persuasion, there is no compromising as there is in negotiation.…
Episode 400 – How to Resist Influence and Coercion – Plus Free Gifts
How to Resist Influence and Coercion – Plus Free Gifts Join me for this week’s podcast for some incredible free gifts. This is podcast 400 and will deliver some great content and influence gifts to take your skills to…
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Episode 399 – Reading Body Language – What Your Arm Movement Says About You
Reading Body Language – What Your Arm Movement Says About You Influential people not only express themselves in positive nonverbal ways. They also use nonverbal behavior to captivate and persuade their prospects. During each encounter, Influential people are careful…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: arm movement and public speaking, Being Nice To Others Makes Them More Likely To Be Nice To You, Body Language Guide, distracting habits presenting, elbows on table, first impressions, how to read others, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, reading other people, what do with arms
Episode 398 – Sales Words That Destroy Influence And Repel People
Sales Words That Destroy Influence And Repel People The Law of Verbal Packaging states that the more skillful a person is in the use of language, the more persuasive they will be. People are persuaded by us based on…
Episode 397 – PQ Skill 10 – The Secret Sauce Of Success
How Costco (And Other Retail Stores) Get Your Money Great persuaders all adhere to an intensive personal development program. They know that “dull knives work the hardest,” so keeping themselves sharp is of the utmost importance. Average persuaders don’t…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: don’t plant a seed, finding a mentor, how to build your networks, kurt mortensen, leverage your success, Mentioning facial imperfection early in a job interview, networks and wealth, perfect persuasive presentation, persuasion iq, success secrets, trustless and blockchain
Episode 396 – How Costco (And Other Retail Stores) Get Your Money
How Costco (And Other Retail Stores) Get Your Money What are the subconscious triggers that cause you to buy more? A Face can reveal if you’re rich or poor Join me for this week’s podcast as I talk about…
Episode 395 – PQ Skill 9 – Secrets to Accomplish More In Less Time
PQ Skill 9 – Secrets to Accomplish More In Less Time Why is the tendency to procrastinate so prevalent? We know it does us no good, and yet it plagues even the best of us. Putting things off until…
Episode 394 – Learnable Personality Traits of Top Salespeople
Learnable Personality Traits of Top Salespeople We tend to judge rapidly, and that snap judgment is usually correct. When you meet someone for the first time, he will tend to categorize you like someone he already knows.3 The positive…
Episode 393 – PQ Skill #8 – How To Sell Over The Phone – Tools to Persuade With Your Voice
PQ Skill #8 – How To Sell Over The Phone – Tools to Persuade With Your Voice Great persuaders are great communicators. Well-known motivational speaker and best-selling author Jim Rohn said it best: “When I learned how to effectively…
Episode 392 – The Missing Piece To Your Persuasion Toolbox – Authenticity
The Missing Piece To Your Persuasion Toolbox – Authenticity Are Your Authentic and Congruent Or Fake and Unlikable? One interesting study found that physical gestures that convey less immediacy (lack of eye contact, leaning back, reduced proximity) communicate you…
Episode 391 – PQ Skill #7: How to Motivate Your Prospect (And Yourself) – Every Time
PQ Skill #7: How to Motivate Your Prospect (And Yourself) – Every Time Two of the big motivation inhibitors are mindset and the people we associate with. Take a look around you. Are the people in your life pulling…
Episode 389 – PQ Skill #6: Using Your Charisma For a Referral Program
PQ Skill #6: Using Your Charisma For a Referral Program Great persuaders have charisma. We can all think of charismatic people. They have a confident presence and charm about them; they are captivating. They command our attention; we hang…
Episode 388 – PQ Skill #5: How Your Personal Power Leverages Your Ability To Persuade
PQ Skill #5: How Your Personal Power Leverages Your Ability To Persuade Appearance affects your authority. External objects and the environment also affect perceptions of power. It is therefore wise for all of us to check out our appearance…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: authentic, congruent, connection, David Wood, elephant in the room, genuine, kurt mortensen, leadership, maximum influence, name that mouse, passion, reveal weakness, Transparent, trust, truthful, vulnerable
Episode 387 – Influential Buzzwords – Interview With David Wood
Influential Buzzwords – Interview With David Wood Are you congruent? Do you feel authentic? Does your prospect think you are genuine? Are you coming across as truthful? These are the new buzzwords that your prospect is looking for… Join…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: authentic, congruent, connection, David Wood, elephant in the room, genuine, kurt mortensen, leadership, maximum influence, name that mouse, passion, reveal weakness, Transparent, trust, truthful, vulnerable
Episode 386 – PQ Skill #4: How To Establish Instant Automatic Trust
The MOST important aspect of Trust is credibility It’s harder to gain credibility nowadays than it ever was in the past. Most people are fairly sophisticated and have grown cynical with all the exaggerated and unsubstantiated hype that is…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: 5c of trust, get others to change, how blunders help selling, how to borrow trust or credibility, how to build credulity, how to motivate anyone, kurt mortensen, maximum influence, motivation and sales, selling and weaknesses, simple vs complex words in selling, social proof and credibility, verbal packaging, words that repel and hurt sales
Episode 384 – Influence Like A Brick And Pluck The FUD – Interview with Ben Ward
Influence Like A Brick And Pluck The FUD – Interview with Ben Ward Are you a leader or a manager? When you influence people do they do it because they have to or they want to? Isn’t that a…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: become a better sales manager, ben ward, brian tracy, Genshai, how leadership has changed, how to change salespeople, how to correct people, how to influence without authority, influence and lead for good, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, New Leaders, sellership, treat people big
Episode 383 – PQ Skill #2: How Your Audience Thinks And Makes Decisions
PQ Skill #2: How Your Audience Thinks And Makes Decisions Do you want to know how to balance logic and emotion during the persuasion process? Do you want to know how your prospect makes decisions? Discover how to create…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: case study intel faulty chip, design your future, DMN default mode network, how to handle Objections and Concerns, how to look to future, how to visualize success, kurt mortensen, Logical Mind vs. Emotional Instinct, sales and emotion and logic, selling and decision making, subconscious triggers, training your brain to imagine
Episode 382 – Persuasion IQ Skill #1 – Mindset of Influential People
Persuasion IQ Skill #1 – Mindset of Influential People How Conflicting Beliefs Are Stalling Your Success Beliefs are only one of the pieces to a successful mindset. I spent years monitoring, interviewing, and watching successful influencers. What are their…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: can you control your thoughts, conflicting beliefs, habit and success, how leaders think, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, no thought rent free, psychological edge of sales people, self discipline, strategic mindset, success mindset, successful sales brain, thoughts control emotion control actions, vision vs worry, what is your persuasion iq
Episode 381 – Why People Resist Change And How To Persuade Them
Why People Resist Change And How To Persuade Them I’d say now is the time to take a careful look at your personal development program. Are there ways it can be enhanced? Every day, you are either learning or…
Episode 380 – How To Sell And Persuade An Angry, Hostile And Bitter People
How To Sell And Persuade An Angry, Hostile And Bitter People Great influencers can create the right mood at the right time. They can put people in a happy state. When they are feeling happy, they tend to think…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: dealing with hostile people, how to diffuse anger, looking for someone to blame, negotiation and anger, urt Mortensen
Episode 378 – As Trust Erodes – Become Trustless
As Trust Erodes – Become Trustless Trust is critical in persuasion. Unfortunately, we live in a day and age when people are more skeptical and mistrustful than ever before. Twenty years ago, the mindset was: “I trust you; give…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: bitcoin, bitcoin mining, blockchain, borrow credibility, btc, cryptocurrency, how to build trust, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, selling and free, sequential request, trustless, what is trustless, when trust is lost
Episode 377 – How To Use Forensic Interrogation Techniques To Influence – Interview With Michael Reddinton
How To Use Forensic Interrogation Techniques To Influence – Interview With Michael Reddinton One of the major distinctions between mediocre persuaders and highly successful persuaders is the amount of talking they do and the number of questions they ask.…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: CFI - certified forensic interviewer, Honest without being hurtful, How build trust during crisis, human behavior through interrogation, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, Michael Reddinton, non-confrontational interview techniques, People react the strongest to what they hear first
Episode 376 – How To Use Emotion, Mood And Vibe To Persuade A Jury Or Prospect – Robbie Crabtree Interview
How To Use Emotion, Mood And Vibe To Persuade A Jury Or Prospect – Robbie Crabtree Interview Learn how to be prepared to handle hecklers and those that will ask the tough questions. Learn to connect on a personal…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: become a compelling communicator, Best way to trigger emotions in courtroom, Difference between a jury trial and a sales presentation, influence and public speaking, kurt mortensen, Laws of charisma, national speech competition, Performative Speaking, presentation skills and persuasion, Robbie Crabtree, sharpen your speaking skills, the right words and the right emotion
Episode 374 – 10 Psychological Techniques (And Tips) To Sell More And Persuade Faster #1
10 Psychological Techniques (And Tips) To Sell More And Persuade Faster #1 One of the biggest challenges we face is that we think, and our audience thinks, we are logical creatures. But most of the time, we don’t know…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: fomo and sales, how soon contact a lead, how to minimize price, kurt mortensen, left digit effect, martin Seligman, most persuasive number, optimism and selling, persuade without detection, persuasion iq, price priming, psychological reactance, story selling, subconscious triggers, zoom fatigue
Episode 373 – How To Use Images and Symbols To Persuade Below The Radar
How To Use Images and Symbols To Persuade Below The Radar To maintain order of the world, our brains link objects, gestures, and symbols with our feelings, memories, and life experiences. We mentally associate ourselves with such things as…
Episode 372 – How To Position Yourself And Create An Irresistible Message with Jeremy Slate
How To Position Yourself And Create An Irresistible Message with Jeremy Slatey What can you do in the first thirty seconds of your encounter to capture your audience’s attention? Can you prove to them that you are worth listening…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: become your own media company, command your brand, create your own life podcast, how to create trust, How to Position yourself, Human touch vs automation, Jeremy Slate, kurt mortensen, marketing and promoting yourself, new media entrepreneur, persuasion iq, what does it take to be a high performer
Episode 404 – Break Your Powerpoint Addiction – Mistakes Draining Your Influence
Break Your Powerpoint Addiction – Mistakes Draining Your Influence Just because you can create a PowerPoint does not mean you know how to communicate, inspire and present. Sure, you can give a presentation, and no one leaves the room;…