746: How to Foster Deep Connection and Influence with Zoe Chance

Feb 28, 2022

Zoe Chance shares practical advice on building relationships and influencing others. Learn about motivating factors beyond money, exuding warmth, and asking impactful questions. Explore topics like advocating for oneself, frustrations in financial decisions, and the importance of warmth in influencing others. Discover insights on fostering deep connections and influence through simplicity and engaging experiences.

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ANECDOTE

Zoe's Toothbrush Audiobook Job

Zoe Chance's first job was cleaning rented audiobook covers with a toothbrush while listening to audiobooks.
She quit after one day because her boss crushed her spirit by promising a slow promotion from this low-level job.

INSIGHT

Influence Feels Uncomfortable For All

Almost everyone, regardless of success, feels uncomfortable advocating for themselves or influencing others.
This discomfort spans personal, professional, and romantic domains.

ANECDOTE

Mark Hamill Zoom Call Story

Zoe won a charity auction for a Zoom call with Mark Hamill by donating $4,000 to her alma mater.
She curated a collective video love letter for Mark Hamill and invited Cass Sunstein for a memorable, value-creating call.

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Zoe Chance shares heartwarming, powerful, and practical advice for building relationships and getting people to say yes to you.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) The one thing that motivates people more than money

2) How to exude more warmth and likability

3) The one question that helps you get along with anyone

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— ABOUT ZOE —

Zoe Chance is a writer, teacher, researcher, and climate philanthropist. She’s obsessed with the topic of interpersonal influence and her science-based book is called Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen. It is being published in more than 20 languages. Zoe earned her doctorate from Harvard and now teaches the most popular course at Yale School of Management (Mastering Influence and Persuasion). Her research is published in top academic journals and covered in global media outlets. She speaks on television and around the world, and her framework for behavior change is the foundation for Google’s global food policy. Before joining academia, Zoe managed a $200 million segment of the Barbie brand, helped out with political campaigns, and worked in jobs like door-to-door sales and telemarketing. She lives with her family in New Haven, CT.

• Book: Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen

• Website: ZoeChance.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Tool: reMarkable 2

• TED Talk: What is in Your Heart? | Lalin Anık | TEDxCharlottesville

• Book: The World According to Star Wars by Cass Sunstein

• Book: The Effortless Experience: Conquering the New Battleground for Customer Loyalty by Matthew Dixon, Nick Toman, Rick DeLisi

• Book: The Luck Factor by Richard Wiseman

• Book: Love Does: Discover a Secretly Incredible Life in an Ordinary World by Bob Goff

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