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How to Be Awesome at Your Job

499: Key Psychological Principles for Ethical Persuasion with Brian Ahearn

How to Be Awesome at Your Job

How to be Awesome at Your Job

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Brian Ahearn breaks down the ethical way to getting people to say “yes.”


— YOU'LL LEARN — 

1. How to quickly attract people’s attention. 

2. The simple secret to winning people over. 

3. How to get others to follow through with their tasks. 


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— ABOUT BRIAN — 

Brian Ahearn is the Chief Influence Officer at Influence PEOPLE. A dynamic international keynote speaker, he specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations. Brian is one of only 20 individuals in the world who currently holds the Cialdini Method Certified Trainer designation. This specialization was earned directly from Robert B. Cialdini, Ph.D. – the most cited living social psychologist on the science of ethical influence.


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0:00.0

Welcome to the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast, the show where brilliant professionals share how to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work.

0:10.0

Enjoy more career fun, wins, meaning, and money.

0:14.0

With your host, Pete McKitis.

0:16.0

Hello and thanks for joining us here for episode 499 with Brian Ahern.

0:23.2

Brian is sharing ethical ways that get people to say yes,

0:27.2

we got some great psychological principles,

0:29.2

so you'll learn one, how to quickly attract people's attention,

0:32.0

two, the simple secret to winning people over,

0:34.8

and three, how to get others to follow through with their tasks.

0:38.0

So if you want to take a look at the show notes or the transcript

0:40.1

or the links to Islands we've referenced,

0:41.6

it's on over to awesome at your job

0:42.8

dot com slash F-49. Now here's Brian's story. Brian Ahern is the chief

0:47.1

influence officer at Influence People, a dynamic international keynote speaker. He

0:50.9

specializes in applying the science of influence in everyday situations.

0:54.4

Brian is one of only 20 individuals in the world who currently holds the

0:58.0

Shalini Method certified trainer designation.

1:01.1

That's earned directly from Robert Shalini, PhD, the most cited living

1:05.6

psychologist on the science of ethical influence. Brian's book

1:09.3

influence People, Powerful, Everyday Opportunities to Persuade that our lasting and ethical

1:14.4

get it its acronym is an Amazon bestseller and his LinkedIn courses have been viewed

1:18.4

by more than 75,000 folks. Big thanks to Brian for spending some time to chat with us and big thanks to our sponsors check them out

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