Why read Influence Is Your Superpower?

Book cover of Influence Is Your Superpower: The Science of Winning Hearts, Sparking Change, and Making Good Things Happen

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Get what you want without compromising who you are: the new rules of persuasion to influence others for good

We're all nice. In fact, we're told we're too nice and we have to change to succeed: 'Play the game!'; 'Beat them down!'; 'Toughen up!'. Do we have to choose between…

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2 authors picked Influence Is Your Superpower as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Melina Palmer

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There are countless amazing insights from Influence Is Your Superpower, by Yale’s Zoe Chance.

Three that stick with me the most for applying these insights at work are: 1) Zoe’s Magic Question of “What would it take?” This little question is so powerful in coming up with innovative solutions that increase buy-in from the person you are asking (and Zoe of course explains why in the book). 2) people are more likely to say yes to you than you may think, so simply asking is important to increasing your influence. 3) saying “no” is key to success (and isn’t as…

From Melina's list on having more influence at work.

John A. List

Author

We all have ideas that we’d like to bring to life, whether it’s a new system in your workplace or the way you and your friends throw parties.

Having influence, whether it’s within your close circle, at work, or more broadly is extremely useful. However, do you know how to be influential? Well, there’s science behind influencing others.

Yale behavioral scientist Zoe Chance brings to life the science-based tools for bringing your ideas to life. This book will teach you an ethical approach to influence that not only makes you better off, but others as well.

From John's list on changing the world and/or yourself.