The Passion for Influence and Psychology

I was always a pushover for the appeals, the various sales operators or fundraisers who had come to my door and I would buy things. What made you just really kind of start diving into this field? What created that spark or that interest for you? Great question. And it has to do with something that occurred to me even before I began to study the influence process in any formal way. Well, I'm very glad to be with you and your followers. Awesome.

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IN THIS EPISODE, YOU’LL LEARN:

How Charlie Munger and Warren Buffett made 100s of millions of dollars by reading Dr. Cialdini’s book.
Why Warren Buffett always starts his annual shareholder letter by outlining a mistake he has made in the past year.
The 6 most powerful factors of influence used in marketing.
What Daniel Kahneman has said is the most important thing to understand.
Why and how 97% of all online buyers are influenced by social proof before making a buying decision.

BOOKS AND RESOURCES

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Robert Cialdini’s book, Pre-Suasion – Read reviews of this book.
Robert Cialdini’s book, Influence – Read reviews of this book.
Robert Cialdini’s website, InfluenceAtWork.com.
Preston and Stig’s Discussion of, Influence in Episode 22.
Daniel Kahneman’s book, Thinking Fast and Slow – Read reviews of this book.
Aristotle’s book, Rhetoric – Read reviews of this book.
Charlie Munger’s book, Poor Charlie’s Almanack – Read reviews of this book.
Related episode: Influence – Robert Cialdini’s psychology of persuasion w/ Preston & Stig - TIP22.

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