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  • Influence Is Your Superpower

  • The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen
  • By: Zoe Chance
  • Narrated by: Zoe Chance
  • Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (429 ratings)

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Influence Is Your Superpower

By: Zoe Chance
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Rediscover the superpower that makes good things happen, from the professor behind Yale School of Management's most popular class

“The new rules of persuasion for a better world.”—Charles Duhigg, author of the bestsellers
The Power of Habit and Smarter Faster Better

You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, to follow the rules, to wait your turn, to not make waves. Award-winning Yale professor Zoe Chance will show you how to rediscover the superpower that brings great ideas to life.

Influence doesn’t work the way you think because you don’t think the way you think. Move past common misconceptions—such as the idea that asking for more will make people dislike you—and understand why your go-to negotiation strategies are probably making you less influential. Discover the one thing that influences behavior more than anything else. Learn to cultivate charisma, negotiate comfortably and creatively, and spot manipulators before it’s too late. Along the way, you’ll meet alligators, skydivers, a mind reader in a gorilla costume, Jennifer Lawrence, Genghis Khan, and the man who saved the world by saying no.

Influence Is Your Superpower
will teach you how to transform your life, your organization, and perhaps even the course of history. It’s an ethical approach to influence that will make life better for everyone, starting with you.

©2022 Zoe Chance (P)2022 Random House Audio
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“This book is special. It invites you in with the promise of a truly important topic, charms you with engaging stories and stylings, and treats you to a buffet of beautifully presented, scientifically grounded life-lessons about social influence. By the end, my greatest wish was for even more pages.”—Robert Cialdini, New York Times bestselling author of Influence and Pre-suasion

“An engaging book on the science of encouraging other people to say yes. Zoe Chance’s research won’t just expand your repertoire of persuasive skills—it might also reduce your anxiety about being rejected.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Think Again and host of the TED podcast WorkLife

“Fun, filled with great stories and rooted in groundbreaking research, Influence Is Your Superpower explains the new rules of persuasion for a better world.”—Charles Duhigg, New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Habit and Smarter, Better, Faster

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Came for sales advice, stayed for life advice.

Just all around, a delightful read. I loved the amount of research and support for data, as well as personal stories and anecdotes. And the resounding message of "let's work together, rather than dog-eat-dog" is so refreshing and more relevant than ever.

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Love this

This book was amazing I am definitely going to listen to it again it's well worth it

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Practical, useful, and a delightful listen!

Zoe Chance knits together tools, techniques, wise advice, and memorable, inspiring stories to make this one of the more useful, and probably the most fun personal improvement book I’ve ever read. Her guidance and fervent hope that we all use these techniques to make the world a safer, more just, sustainable, and joyful place suffuses the book.

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Highly Recommend for Marketers & Entrepreneurs

Well written. Well researched. Great for Entrepreneurs and professionals in marketing. Not too long or redundant.

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Excellent resource

For those of us working for social justice and systemic change, this book is invaluable. I’ve heard some of the research expressed before, but never in such and accessible and entertaining way. And there are many unique insights too. I’m listening to it again and have already recommended it to colleagues. Thank you, Zoe!

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Easy on the ears and so informative!

The performance was great. I loved the way ideas were explained in simple ways that make them easier to remember.

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Stellar book

Read it ! Listen to it ! Great narrative voice , so knowledgeable , so informative . Definitely walking away with some gems !

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Enjoyable and educational

I feel like I can implement many of these strategies after one listen. Easy to follow and she’s a great story teller.

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Encouraging and inspiring

Love the short stories, real events and how they relate to the book. I am truly educated, inspired and enthusiastically encouraged.

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Accessible Influence

Accessible Influence, a joy to listen especially in 30 minute increments, the gator what a great concept

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