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We're joined today by David Freese, attorney, author, and speaker,

who has been called the Grand Master of Communication Skills by Steve Forbes.

He's a master of teaching enhanced communication and how to go from being persuasive to being truly influential.

David has been called to teach leadership, sales and marketing, interrogation, and negotiation to audiences ranging from computer hackers turned good guys to entrepreneurs, military, and civilian audiences,

from the CEOs of major corporations to the faculty of Ivy League universities and professional associations.

David has appeared on NPR, PBS, Fox News, and over 120 radio and television programs, and has authored several

books relating to persuasion, influence, and business. Now, let's welcome David to the call as we

join our host, Tim Harris. First of all, David, thank you very much for being our co-hosts.

I really appreciate the opportunity to have you on our podcast.

I know our listeners are going to love what you have to say.

It's right in the wheelhouse of a lot of these guys, wanting to know how to become better

communicators.

So why not call in, what was your title again?

The Grand Master of Communication.

You can't get a better title than that, I don't think.

So you spent a lot of time in your talks making distinctions between being persuasive versus being influential. What's the difference? And how can that, like, how does that help us understand what that actually means?

Sure. Well, Tim, thank you for having me today. And that's a fantastic question to start with, because a lot of what we want to talk about

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