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Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

088 - Common Psychological Tricks People Use to Make You Spend Money

Tiny Leaps, Big Changes

Gregg Clunis

Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.3920 Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2016

⏱️ 14 minutes

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In this episode I talk about some common psychological tricks people are using to get you to give them your money. Sit back and enjoy the show because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps, Big Changes.

You Will Hear:

- How salespeople use your own dreams and goals against you.

- Why brands use priming to get you to associate an idea with them.

- How social proof affects whether or not you make a purchase

Music:

Ship Wrek & Zookeepers - Ark [NCS Release]

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In this episode, I talk about some psychological tricks

0:25.2

people are using right now to get you to give them your money. Sit back and

0:30.8

enjoy the show because you are now listening to Tiny Leaps.

0:36.1

Big Chain Big A. Today's song is Arc by Shipwreck and Zooke

0:58.0

and I love the song for a few reasons.

1:01.0

Amazing sound choices. Awesome Legend of Zelda sample, and an overall beautiful

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melody. Check out the artist and let's get into the show. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, uh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,

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ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Welcome to another episode of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, where I share simple strategies you can use to get more out of your life. My name is Greg Klunis and I've always been fascinated

1:56.7

by psychology and decision-making. Part of the reason I started this podcast was to have an excuse

2:02.3

to read more articles in books on the

2:04.2

subject and to really try to understand why people do what they do. Back when I was

2:09.7

11 years old I thought I was going to grow up to be a psychologist.

2:13.0

In fact, one of my first business ideas when I was 13 was a website for teenagers to anonymously speak with a therapist about the things they were struggling with.

2:22.0

The brain decision-making, and why we do what we do has always been interesting

2:28.6

to me, and that's what marketing is all about.

2:32.4

At its best, it's a process of appealing to your

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