Maximize Your Influence

Maximize Your Influence

Hosted by: Kurt Mortensen

Maximize Your Influence: Your source for the top persuasion, influence, and negotiation techniques that will help you maximize your success in life and in business!

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Episodes

Episode 53 - Inspiring the Uninspired

A whole year of Maximize Your Influence Podcasts are now behind us!  And listenrship in the Islamic Republic of Iran is still strong (that has to be a fluke, right)! After two podcasts delving into the female brain,...
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Episode 52 - Part Two Of Interview With Maureen Simon On The Female Brain

Don't worry, it's still us!  We just have a new Itunes and podcast logo.  Kurt and Steve discuss the recent news in the Middle East and the conflict between Israel and Hamas.  They discuss the generations of emotion...
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Episode 51- Persuading Women...Guest Interview With Maureen Simon

The new www.maximizeyourinfluence.com is up!  Not so much running...but definitely up.  Pardon our dust as we continue to refine the new site.  You can still, however, download the latest podcast episodes and read the...
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Episode 50 - Quickly Build Rapport

Remember: please subscribe to Maxmize Your Influence on Itunes, Stitcher Radio, the Windows Market Place, or whatever service you use to download podcasts!  We appreciate you listening to the show! After giving some...
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Episode 49 - Eye Contact...Creepy Or Effective?

We hope you had a great Fourth of July holiday!  Even if you didn't celebrate American indepencence day and the 4th of July was just a regular day for you...we hope you had a great one anyway! Remember to subscribe to...
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Episode 48 - Powerful People Skills

After some useless banter about who should be allowed to wear bathing suits, the Fourth of July, and barbeques, Kurt and Steve launch into Episode 48.  First, they tackle an article about how word choice reflects...
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Episode 47 - Part Two Of Negotiation's Dirty Deeds

After diving into "Negotiation's Dirty Deeds" last week, Kurt and Steve continue the discussion by uncovering even more of the underhanded tactics other's will use on you while negotiating.  Steve takes over today's...
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Episode 46 - Negotiaton's Dirty Deeds...Part One

Due to listener demand, Kurt and Steve finally unleash "negotiation's dirty deeds."  These are underhanded tactics and strategies that others will use against you while negotiating.  Before this happens, however, Kurt...
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Episode 45 - Is There Such Thing As Too Competent?

To start this episode, we lead off with another one of Kurt's geeky articles.  And this study, while strange, is compelling.  As it turns out, there is a vast personality difference between dog and cat owners.  In...
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Episode 44 - Do You Really Need To "Over Promise And Under Deliver?"

Kurt and Steve begin the show by discussing Steve's recent trip to Dallas and how may pounds he put on from eating too much barbeque.  They also discuss Kurt recently celebrating a birthday (happy 70th birthday,...
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Episode 43 - Charismatic Power

Is power different than influence?  Absolutely.  One can be influential without having a lot of power.  But as power increases, it gives you more ability to influence.  On this episode, Kurt and Steve discuss some...
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Episode 42 - Can Your Prospects Tell If You're "Full Of It?"

You've met these people before.  The kind of person who has it all together.  They're dressed right.  They know how to talk and they seem very knowledgable.  But something just isn't right.  On this episode, Kurt and...
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