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Jan 2022
1h 18m

The Surprising Habits of Backable People...

Chris Hutchins
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#37: Bestselling author Suneel Gupta joins Chris to discuss how to make your ideas sound so appealing to others that they not only adopt them but advocate for them. They talk about how to make failure work in your favor, why conviction and storytelling can be more compelling than statistics, why you should stop trying to be charismatic, and the power of goin ... Show More
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