In today’s episode, we cover influence with Professor Vanessa Bohns. Vanessa is a social psychologist, an award-winning researcher and teacher, and a professor of organizational behavior at Cornell University.

We all have the ability to influence those around us to some degree, so what can you do to understand your influence, grow your influence, and use your influence to help you achieve your goals?

What to Listen For

We often underestimate the impact we have on the people around us because of our misconceptions about how influence works. We get caught up in thinking influence is our ability to directly influence a person’s actions with our words, but in reality we influence the people around us in small amounts over extended periods of time.

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Resources from this Episode

You Have More Influence Than You Think by Vanessa Bohns

Vannesa Bohns’s website

Vanessa Bohns on Twitter

The invisibility cloak illusion: People (incorrectly) believe they observe others more than others observe them

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