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  • Persuasion

  • An Ex-Spy's Guide to Master the Art of Mind Control Through Powerful Persuasion Techniques & Conversational Tactics for Ultimate Influence in Any Situation
  • By: James Daugherty
  • Narrated by: Tom Taverna
  • Length: 2 hrs and 4 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (21 ratings)

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Persuasion

By: James Daugherty
Narrated by: Tom Taverna
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Summary

Imagine how different your life would be if you could effortlessly persuade the people around you to get the most out of every situation.

You will never quite know how many opportunities you have missed by lacking the persuasive powers to truly get what you want out of life. Whether it's attaining more influence at work, or simply getting the kids to do the dishes. All too often people are left wanting, as they aren't equipped with the right psychological tactics to get these things done.

Not anymore.

James Daugherty is an intelligence expert & former CIA Spy who specializes in all forms of human behavior. But there's one communication trait which is critical to winning - persuasion. A spy would be highly ineffective without it.

However, he never realized quite how much his ability to persuade others, whilst working in the field as an American spy, would help everyday people in civilian life.

Imagine if you could effectively massage conversations in your favor, without manipulation or deception, to effortlessly bring people round to your way of thinking.

In this insightful and functional audiobook, Daugherty gives listeners a firsthand look into the trials and tribulations he dealt with in the field as a CIA operative.

This no nonsense guide reveals how to:

  • Better understand Cialdini's Six "Weapons" of Influence
  • Interpreting the classic human psychological motivators
  • What Aristotle can teach you about persuasion
  • The different types of persuasion techniques explained
  • The right way to use the "reverse psychology" principle
  • Spy tactics for high-pressure/stakes situations
  • Conversational strategies and personality traits to win over even the toughest adversary
  • Importance of small talk, greetings, and goodbyes in persuasion
  • Dealing with insults/arguments like a professional

©2017 James Daugherty (P)2017 James Daugherty
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some gut pointers remaiders but not sure i had not learned anything that i had not heard elsewhere to be honest

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I would suggest listening to this audiobook if you believe you can often get your message across in the most successful and timely manner.

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The author describes this book in a wonderful fashion step by step. I enjoyed this book very much and would recommend it to everyone

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This is strong, inspiring stuff that would be of use to all. I do wish I had met this much sooner in my life.

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These tools are enormously useful in business and personal life. In school they should be taught to smooth the issues that all people have in conversation.

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There's one thing that can change any discussion about transparency it's the audiobook we tell ourselves before we start the talk.

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Improving skills is far too astounding. There's just a lot of options, so much so that you get lost a little bit. This audible book is incredibly useful to describe a few changes.

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This audiobook has great details, and to those who lack social skills it is very helpful. This audiobook includes tips and lessons on being able to socialize easily, and is not based too much on advanced concepts; it is important. This audio is sound good. It would have been a great audiobook, though, had it not been for the grammar errors

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awesome book this could actually save your life in bad situations great tool for business.

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Useful guidance

I know a conversation is not going well indeed is really helpful. Most of us are caught up in our own thoughts in order to remember that there are other minds to consider in talking to each other really.

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