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Oct 2018
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102: Chase Hughes | Why Authority Is Mor...

Jordan Harbinger
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Chase Hughes (@thechasehughes) is the top behavior profiler in the United States and author of The Ellipsis Manual: Analysis and Engineering of Human Behavior.

What We Discuss with Chase Hughes:
  • Why authority is a weightier force for influence than any social skill in the book.
  • What you can do to bolster your own authority -- and resist manipulation by the authority of others.
  • The five factors that measure your ability to persuade and influence on a level that surpasses mere inspiration.
  • Why your patterns of behavior that happen even when no one is looking can make or break your life's outcomes.
  • Top authority killers and how to avoid them.
  • And much more...

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