Archives
- December 2024
- November 2024
- October 2024
- September 2024
- August 2024
- July 2024
- June 2024
- May 2024
- April 2024
- March 2024
- February 2024
- January 2024
- December 2023
- November 2023
- October 2023
- September 2023
- August 2023
- July 2023
- June 2023
- May 2023
- April 2023
- March 2023
- February 2023
- January 2023
- December 2022
- November 2022
- October 2022
- September 2022
- August 2022
- July 2022
- June 2022
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- February 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- October 2021
- September 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- March 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- December 2020
- November 2020
- October 2020
- September 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- April 2018
Categories
YAPClassic: Scott Adams on The Art of Persuasion
Persuasion is arguably the most important skill you can have. It plays a role in everything we do from negotiations and conversations to our understanding of the world through news and media.
If you know how to be persuasive you can grow your business, get what you want, and even avoid being persuaded yourself.
Scott Adams, most well known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, is a master persuader. He has spent years studying persuasion and is the author of the New York Times Best-Seller, Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter. Scott’s ideas about influence and the techniques he shares will help you achieve success in all aspects of your life.
In this episode, Hala and Scott talk about persuasion tools that work in any setting, why talent stacking is crucial to success, persuasion in politics, the power of fear, why visuals influence better than concepts, utilizing hyperbole, and how we can dodge persuasion and become independent thinkers.
Topics Include:
– Luck’s role in success
– Talent stacking
– Scott’s transition from cartoonist to master persuader
– Advice for people trying to “figure it out”
– Human beings as fundamentally irrational
– Persuasion in politics
– Types of biases
– The dangers of the “Team Filter”
– People as “pattern recognition machines”
– Confirmation bias
– Mass delusions: why they occur and examples
– The role of fear in persuasion
– Examples of fear in the 2016 election
– The power of visuals
– Examples of Trump’s visual campaign
– Oral persuasion strategies
– Trump’s use of hyperbole
– Branding and the “Linguistic Kill Shot”
– Using fear and hyperbole in the workplace
– “Thinking past the sale”
– “Contrast” definition and examples
– Why talent stacking is crucial to success
– How to protect ourselves from being persuaded
– And other topics…
Scott Adams is an author and cartoonist. He is most widely known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip.
Scott is also the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business including the books Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter, Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America, and How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.
He is the host of the podcast Real Coffee with Scott Adams.
Sponsored By:
Jordan Harbinger – Check out jordanharbinger.com/start for some episode recommendations
Grin.co – Find out how GRIN can help you grow your brand. Watch the demo at GRIN.co
99 Designs – Head to 99designs.com/YAP to learn more and get $30 off your first design contest!
Peloton – Visit onepeloton.com to learn more.
Athletic Greens – Visit athleticgreens.com/YAP and get FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase.
Resources Mentioned:
YAP Episode #38 – The Persuasion Playbook with Scott Adams: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/38-the-persuasion-playbook-with-scott-adams/
Scott’s Websites: https://www.scottadamssays.com/, https://dilbert.com/
Win Bigly by Scott Adams: https://www.amazon.com/Win-Bigly-Persuasion-World-Matter/dp/0735219710
Loser Think by Scott Adams: https://www.amazon.com/Loserthink-Untrained-Brains-Ruining-America/dp/0593083520
How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams: https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/1591847745/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScottAdamsOfficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottadams925/
Real Coffee with Scott Adams Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/realcoffeewithscottadams
Connect with Young and Profiting:
YAP’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting
Hala’s Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/
Hala’s Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala
Website: www.youngandprofiting.com
Episode Transcription
Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast.
- Privacy Policy
- Terms & Conditions
- © Copyright 2021 all rights reserved by YAP
Stay Connected
Stay Connected
- Privacy Policy
- Terms & Conditions
- © Copyright 2021 all rights reserved by YAP