A slight change of plans is created, written, and executive produced by Mee Maya Shunker. Join me next week when I talk with science writer Florence Williams. After her 25-year marriage came to a sudden end, Florence went on a quest to understand how heartbreak was affecting her mind and body. We never lose sight of our purpose: Working with health systems and other stakeholders to create the world's healthiest society.
Influence is often seen as a skill we have to cultivate, a charismatic quality leveraged by select leaders, business people, and successful social media accounts. But in her new book, “You Have More Influence Than You Think,” social psychologist Vanessa Bohns demonstrates that we all have influence through our words, choices, and even just our presence. Maya and Vanessa discuss how we can become more aware of our power to persuade, and learn to wield it wisely.
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