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The James Altucher Show

Mastering the Magic of Language: Insights on Persuasion and Connection | Jonah Berger

The James Altucher Show

James Altucher

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4.62.7K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is going to be incredible because we have a very special guest: Jonah Berger, author of "Magic Words: What to Say to Get Your Way." Are you looking for ways to improve your persuasion skills, whether in business or your personal life? Then you won't want to miss this one!

Transcript

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I have done a ton of podcasts about persuasion, negotiation, influence, and all the things related

0:15.7

to it.

0:16.7

I've talked with everybody from Robert Childini and his book, Influence, Bill Bateed,

0:22.0

the Power Bible, on and on.

0:24.3

And I've written a lot about negotiation and persuasion.

0:26.3

I wrote about this and choose yourself, reinvent yourself, skip the line.

0:31.0

But this book by Jonah Berger, Magic Words, and the subtitle is What to Say to Get Your

0:37.6

Way.

0:38.6

This book has talks very specifically about what language to use and why and when and

0:45.2

what context, whether it's how to say no, how to ask for advice, how to make content

0:50.9

go viral, convince someone to use your services versus someone else's services, how to make

0:56.1

yourself more creative.

0:59.0

It's just a great book about how important even small nuances in language can be.

1:07.8

These small nuances in language can make big impact in your life.

1:12.1

And by quinses, I've used some of these techniques in my own life and I could attest that they're

1:16.6

true.

1:17.6

Jonah's got all the research, all the examples, so many tools, like for instance, questions

1:22.6

to ask if you want to socially get along with people much faster or when should you use

1:28.6

Kant, when saying no versus don't.

1:31.9

In any case, we talk about a lot of these techniques.

1:34.6

I hope you enjoy the conversation.

1:36.2

Let me know.

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