Kurt and Steve start this episode by discussing how we can achieve effective presence as a persuader. Kurt also laments the end of boating season. They then continue their discussion about dealing with difficult people…specifically delving into low self-esteem. One…
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Episode 164 – Ego and Persuasion
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Episode 135 – How Ego Destroys Influence
After briefly mentioning it on last week’s episode, Kurt and Steve quickly learned that most have a lot of “feelings about” the urban phenomena, RBF (otherwise known as Resting Bitch Face). So they dived in a little more and wouldn’t…
Posted in Podcasts Tagged with: door to door sales, ego, esteem, influence, ingratiation, kurt mortensen, maximum influence, praise, rbf, self esteem, steve olson
Episode 129 – How Empowerment Increases Influence
After some banter about Steve’s trip to Cabo San Lucas, offending more people, and talking about food, Kurt and Steve discuss a recent article by Psych Central. You know those random “aha” thoughts you get? It turns out they’re usually…
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Episode 91 – Which Motivation Works Best?
Nobody has a perfect self esteem. We all have insecurities in ceratin areas of our life. The same is true for your prospects. Raise a prospects self esteem and you’ll catapult your chances of persuading them! On this episode, Kurt…
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