YAPClassic: Scott Adams on The Art of Persuasion

Published: March 11, 2022, 5 a.m.

b"Persuasion is arguably the most important skill you can have. It plays a role in everything we do from negotiations and conversations to our understanding of the world through news and media.\\xa0\\xa0\\nIf you know how to be persuasive you can grow your business, get what you want, and even avoid being persuaded yourself.\\xa0\\xa0\\nScott Adams, most well known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, is a master persuader. He has spent years studying persuasion and is the author of the New York Times Best-Seller, Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter. Scott\\u2019s ideas about influence and the techniques he shares will help you achieve success in all aspects of your life.\\xa0\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Hala and Scott talk about persuasion tools that work in any setting, why talent stacking is crucial to success, persuasion in politics, the power of fear, why visuals influence better than concepts, utilizing hyperbole, and \\u200b\\u200bhow we can dodge persuasion and become independent thinkers.\\xa0\\n\\nTopics Include:\\n\\n- Luck\\u2019s role in success\\n- Talent stacking\\xa0\\n- Scott\\u2019s transition from cartoonist to master persuader\\xa0\\n- Advice for people trying to \\u201cfigure it out\\u201d\\n- Human beings as fundamentally irrational\\xa0\\n- Persuasion in politics\\xa0\\n- Types of biases\\n- The dangers of the \\u201cTeam Filter\\u201d\\n- People as \\u201cpattern recognition machines\\u201d\\n- Confirmation bias\\n- Mass delusions: why they occur and examples\\xa0\\n- The role of fear in persuasion\\xa0\\n- Examples of fear in the 2016 election\\xa0\\n- The power of visuals\\n- Examples of Trump\\u2019s visual campaign\\n- Oral persuasion strategies\\n- Trump\\u2019s use of hyperbole\\n- Branding and the \\u201cLinguistic Kill Shot\\u201d\\n- Using fear and hyperbole in the workplace\\n- \\u201cThinking past the sale\\u201d\\n- \\u201cContrast\\u201d definition and examples\\n- Why talent stacking is crucial to success\\xa0\\n- How to protect ourselves from being persuaded\\n- And other topics\\u2026\\xa0\\n\\nScott Adams is an author and cartoonist. He is most widely known as the creator of the Dilbert comic strip.\\nScott is also the author of several nonfiction works of satire, commentary, and business including the books Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter, Loserthink: How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America, and How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life.\\xa0\\nHe is the host of the podcast Real Coffee with Scott Adams.\\n\\nSponsored By:\\n\\nJordan Harbinger - Check out jordanharbinger.com/start for some episode recommendations\\nGrin.co - Find out how GRIN can help you grow your brand. Watch the demo at GRIN.co\\n99designs by Vista - Head to 99designs.com/YAP to learn more and get $30 off your first design contest!\\nPeloton - Visit onepeloton.com to learn more.\\nAthletic Greens - Visit athleticgreens.com/YAP and get FREE 1 year supply of immune-supporting Vitamin D AND 5 FREE travel packs with your first purchase.\\n\\nResources Mentioned:\\xa0\\n\\nYAP Episode #38 - The Persuasion Playbook with Scott Adams: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/38-the-persuasion-playbook-with-scott-adams/\\xa0\\nScott\\u2019s Websites: https://www.scottadamssays.com/, https://dilbert.com/\\xa0\\nWin Bigly by Scott Adams: https://www.amazon.com/Win-Bigly-Persuasion-World-Matter/dp/0735219710\\xa0\\nLoser Think by Scott Adams: https://www.amazon.com/Loserthink-Untrained-Brains-Ruining-America/dp/0593083520\\xa0\\nHow to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams: https://www.amazon.com/How-Fail-Almost-Everything-Still/dp/1591847745/\\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ScottAdamsSays\\xa0\\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/ScottAdamsOfficial\\xa0\\nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/scottadams925/\\nReal Coffee with Scott Adams Podcast: https://www.youtube.com/realcoffeewithscottadams\\xa0\\n\\nConnect with Young and Profiting:\\n\\nYAP\\u2019s Instagram: www.instagram.com/youngandprofiting\\xa0\\xa0\\nHala\\u2019s Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/\\xa0\\xa0\\nHala\\u2019s Instagram: www.instagram.com/yapwithhala\\xa0\\xa0\\nWebsite: www.youngandprofiting.com"