Maya Shunker: We already are influencing people, we just don't see it. On today's episode, what science teaches us about the influence we already have. Vanessa says we don't need to follow a rigid set of principles or completely overhaul our personalities to be influential. It starts with recognizing what even counts as influence.
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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