Maximize Your Influence

By: Kurt W. Mortensen
  • Summary

  • Your source for the top persuasion, influence, and negotiation techniques that will help you maximize your success in life and in business! Our podcast combines years of persuasion research with current studies and events that will entertain you and supercharge your ability to influence others. In business and in life, your ability to persuade others can mean the difference between success and failure, or between mere success and spectacular success.
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Episodes
  • Episode 545 - The Buying Decision - How To Reduce Risk Maximize Reward
    Jan 23 2025

    This episode delves into strategies for enhancing influence, motivation, and success, featuring elements like goal setting and mindfulness. Kurt Mortensen shares personal anecdotes, such as a dentist's poor follow-up, to highlight the importance of persistence. He discusses human motivation, emphasizing the balance between minimizing risk and maximizing reward in decision-making. Listening to audience feedback and personal motivation techniques are explored, including intrinsic versus extrinsic incentives. The episode also features a listener question on effective sales tactics, reinforcing the importance of understanding individual motivations in persuasion. Mortensen encourages continuous learning and provides an offer of the week for personal and professional growth.

    Self-awareness can drive behavior change, reprogram the brain’s reward system GOALS

    OFFER OF THE WEEK

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    21 mins
  • Episode 544 - Guaranteed Goals - The Science Of Maximum Success
    Jan 15 2025

    This episode explores the science behind effective goal setting and achieving maximum success. Kurt discusses common pitfalls like failing to set goals correctly and pre-excusing failure. He highlights the importance of mindset, motivation, and self-persuasion in maintaining goal pursuit. The podcast also covers practical steps for setting and achieving goals, such as writing them down, creating an action plan, and having accountability. Kurt illustrates these points with examples and studies, offering actionable advice for listeners to increase their influence, motivation, and overall success.

    The Psychology of the Sour Grape Effect

    Claim your Millionaire Psychology Offer of the week HERE

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    21 mins
  • Episode 543 - How To Read Thoughts And Minds - How Does Cold Reading Work
    Jan 8 2025

    This episode explores techniques to understand and influence people by decoding their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors. Kurt Mortensen delves into methods like hot and cold reading used by psychics, explaining how these techniques can be applied in everyday persuasion.

    Going up against a rival makes us take more risks

    This episode also covers various studies on rivalry and risk-taking, body language cues, and the psychological principles behind effective communication and influence. Kurt also gives practical advice on boosting one's persuasive skills through better observation and understanding of others.

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    21 mins

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