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Episode Synopsis
Where do you think you have the most impact? Where is your life best invested? Who looks up to you? These are all questions of influence. This episode touches on the challenges of correctly estimating our influence in 2020's social media culture. Let's get to those show notes:
00:42 – Our Titles are Wrong
03:33 – Dingy Dungeony Basement
04:38 – Legal ≠ Moral
05:48 – Did You Know? Unextraordinary Dutch Chops
08:11 – Desk Calendars
09:38 – More than you ever cared to know
10:14 – Straight to Nazi Germany
10:49 – It's a slippery slope...
12:00 – Help, I’m being oppressed!
13:24 – Cost/Benefit analysis of Social Media
17:55 – Wrong Numbers
21:10 – Why we’re here
21:45 – What is “Influence”
23:27 – Spheres of Influence
25:08 – Overestimating Influence
27:38 – Accountability in Influence
28:29 – Holding feet to the fire
28:54 – Saving the planet
30:19 – Hubris and Desperation
30:52 – Influence with our Sons
33:27 – Dads, Shotguns, and Daughters
35:06 – Influence with our Daughters
35:25 – Being a Father and remembering being a Son
39:12 – Leveraging Influence
42:41 – Experiences with MLMs
49:51 – Disingenuous “Authenticity”
51:10 – Actual Sales
55:35 – Sheldon Lands the Plane
The Tale of Three Kings - https://tinyurl.com/sxj5cpl
63:49 – Actually Wrapping Up
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00:42 – Our Titles are Wrong
03:33 – Dingy Dungeony Basement
04:38 – Legal ≠ Moral
05:48 – Did You Know? Unextraordinary Dutch Chops
08:11 – Desk Calendars
09:38 – More than you ever cared to know
10:14 – Straight to Nazi Germany
10:49 – It's a slippery slope...
12:00 – Help, I’m being oppressed!
13:24 – Cost/Benefit analysis of Social Media
17:55 – Wrong Numbers
21:10 – Why we’re here
21:45 – What is “Influence”
23:27 – Spheres of Influence
25:08 – Overestimating Influence
27:38 – Accountability in Influence
28:29 – Holding feet to the fire
28:54 – Saving the planet
30:19 – Hubris and Desperation
30:52 – Influence with our Sons
33:27 – Dads, Shotguns, and Daughters
35:06 – Influence with our Daughters
35:25 – Being a Father and remembering being a Son
39:12 – Leveraging Influence
42:41 – Experiences with MLMs
49:51 – Disingenuous “Authenticity”
51:10 – Actual Sales
55:35 – Sheldon Lands the Plane
The Tale of Three Kings - https://tinyurl.com/sxj5cpl
63:49 – Actually Wrapping Up
[email protected]
Facebook.com/thethingswesaypodcast
Twitter & Instagram @ttwspodcast
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