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…
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Episode 388 – PQ Skill #5: How Your Personal Power Leverages Your Ability To Persuade
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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…
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Episode 158 – Hijack A Negotiation Using Emotions
After last week’s interview with Chris Voss, Kurt and Steve dive deeper into negotiations and how emotions can hijack them. This has a negative connotation with most…but why not be the hijacker here? Emotions can be a powerful tool in…
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Episode 156 – Solve Objections in Advance
Did you know that money can buy happiness? A recent study published in “Psychology Today” shows just that. Kurt and Steve discuss the ins and outs of this study and how money certainly can buy happiness…up to a point. Continuing…
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Episode 155 – 3 Quick Keys to Rapport
It is human nature to mirror and match, or to “synchronize” with, the people we connect with.28 We don’t even think about it. It happens so quickly and so subconsciously that without a replay, one is unlikely to even notice…
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Episode 134 – Signs of Deception
You know that face some people make when they’re just sitting there not doing anything, but they look really mad? Kurt has discovered a very scientific term for that. Check out the show to find out. For today’s “geeky article”,…
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Episode 133 – The Illusion of Resistance
We’re about to find out how important Steve is (not very?) as he takes this episode off for Spring Break! Kurt flies solo on Episode 133 and starts off by introducing an article by Psychology Today. When you’re a leader,…
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Episode 128 – Is Your Presentation “Interesting” or “Persuasive?”
Have you noticed the dramatic changes that have evolved in presentations, communication, and training over the last twenty years? The basic focus used to be on education. Many people are still trying to educate and they always lose their audiences.…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: blinking light study, Charisma, david ludden, kurt mortensen, leadership, powerpoint blunders, self perception bias, steve olson, story selling, upward mobility
Episode 127 – Inner Qualities of Leadership
On episode 127 of Maximize Your Influence, Kurt and Steve start by discussing a recent article, the 7 Mental Blocks to Being Rich. They then transition to part two of their series on qualities of great leaders. Intuition is a…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: Competence, inner core qualities, intuition, kung fu panda, kurt mortensen, leadership, personal development, persuader, persuasion iq, project manager, steve olson
Episode 126 – 4 Characteristics of True Leadership
After speculating about good dining in San Francisco and briefly insulting their listeners there, Kurt and Steve discuss a recent article about whether great leaders are born or made. They then launch into a discussion about the qualities of good…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: arrogance, born or made, Charisma, cockiness, confidence, energy, fear, kurt mortensen, leadership, passion, persuasion iq, presence, steve olson
Episode 109 – How You Create Resistance
We tend to rate our skills that we want, that we need or that we require higher than they actually are. To improve, grow and become more successful we have to know our weaknesses and be able to identify our…
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Episode 105 – Engaged and Mentally Focused Prospects
Is Google rigging elections? On this episode, Kurt and Steve discuss a recent article that thinks so. Merely telling the masses that a candidate has a “high” approval rating tends to gender more support. So how much influence do the…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: fixing elections, influence, involvement, kurt lewin, kurt mortensen, leadership, motivation, negotiation, persuasion, politics, puppy dog close, steve olson, visualization
Episode 103 – Are Deeper Voices More Credible?
As we get closer and closer (even though it’s a long way away) to the 2016 presidential election, more and more persuasion blunders will be on display. A recent article shows that politicians who have deeper voices (yes, even women)…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: customers complain, DITF, Donald Trump, door in the face, emotional intelligence, expectations, fight on price, influence, influence and social media, kurt mortensen, law of contrast, law of expectations, leadership, maximum influence, motivation, negotiation, nlp, One Direction, persuasion, placebo, price, priming, reduce it to the ridiculous, social media, steve olson, sweeten the pot, twitter, value
Episode 102 – The Biggest Persuasion Blunder Of The Year!
You can’t visit a business web page without hearing “follow us on Twitter!” We’re certainly guilty of this too. Follow us on Twitter @influencemax! A recent article from Psych Central shows that when customers complain about a business on Twitter,…
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Episode 101 – Does NLP Work?
When you’re an entrepreneur or sales person, being mentally tough is key. If you want the rewards that come from owning your own business or being on commission, you need to put up with days that can be full of…
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Episode 100 – Shameless Bribery and Using Testimonials
It’s been 100 episodes! After inserting some canned applause and patting themselves on the back, Kurt and Steve discuss why disobedient kids may actually make more money as adults. They then proceed to insult people who don’t listen to their…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: building rapport, credibility, examples, facts, influence, kurt mortensen, leadership, motivation, negotiation, persuasion, persuasive presentations, presentation formula, rapport, statistics, steve olson, story selling, testimonials
Episode 99 – Wrong…Objections Are Good!
Whether you think you love it or not, you love to procrastinate. The brain thrives on it. The reason is that we tend to treat our “current self” much better than our “future self.” We give our future self way…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: entrepreneur on fire, influence, inoculation, john lee dumas, kurt mortensen, leadership, motivation, negotiation, objections, persuasion, procrastination, sales robots, steve olson
Episode 98 – Does Mindset Sabotage Your Ability To Influence?
Do you sort your mail over the trash can? Do you delete most emails before you even consider them? That’s the reality of advertising today. Messages to your prospects need to be compelling and grab their attention. To start this…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: discipline, influence, kurt mortensen, leadership, mindset, motivation, negotiation, persuasion, steve olson
Episode 97 – Interview With Influence Expert Brad Harker
After Steve gives the full report on his recent trip to Puerto Rico (including a priceless blunder by the Ritz Carlton resort), Kurt discusses this week’s “geeky article moment.” A recent article on Psych Central reveals the advantages of both…
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Episode 96 – Non Verbal Habits of the Charismatic Person
To kick off this episode, the guys discuss what is likely the most offensive article they’ve ever featured on the show. Kurt insists that it’s Steve’s doing. We’ll let you read it for yourselves, but just know that “hand’s on”…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: bad habits, bad selling habits, Charisma, influence, kurt mortensen, leadership, motivation, negotiation, Nonverbals, persuasion, sales, steve olson
Episode 95 – The Latest Dirty Deeds of Negotiation
In our never-ending quest to become “legit”, we’re now on Facebook and Twitter! That makes us legit, right? Visit us on Facebook where we’ll post links to episodes, interesting articles, terrible persuasion blunders, and even the occasional secret shopping video! …
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: dirty negotiation tricks, good cop bad cop, influence, kurt mortensen, leadership, meet in the middle, motivation, negotiation, negotiation tips, persuasion, psychological tactics, steve olson
Episode 94 – Persuasive Voicemails
In persuasion, there are a few words and phrases that a lot of people say, but that they don’t really mean. In a recent article on Inc.com, 11 of these terrible sayings are reviewed. It’s an entertaining article and Kurt…
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Episode 82 – Why We Do Things We Don’t Want To Do
A recent study published by Psych Central discusses how to make new habits stick. The article goes over a variety of techniques that will dramatically increase your chances of implementing new habits. Check it out here. On episode 82, Kurt…
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