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April 12th, 2023

Episode 462 – Do You Work With A Confident Idiot? How To Persuade Through The Dunning–Kruger Effect

  1. Episode 462 - Do You Work With A Confident Idiot? How To Persuade Through The Dunning–Kruger Effect Kurt Mortensen 12:56

Have you ever met someone utterly clueless about their incompetence?  Or worse, have you ever worked with someone who thinks they’re a genius but can’t seem to get anything right?  If so, you may have encountered the Dunning-Kruger effect, a cognitive bias that causes people to overestimate their abilities and underestimate their weaknesses.

We Are All Confident Idiots

Dunning–Kruger effect

Join me for this week’s podcast on Do You Work With A Confident Idiot?  How To Persuade Through The Dunning–Kruger Effect.  I will explain how to identify, deal with, and persuade the person with it.  The tools needed to persuade this person with the illusion of confidence will surprise you.

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What’s Your Presentation IQ?

Kurt W. Mortensen is an international authority on charisma, negotiation, and building your social influence. Kurt has spent over 20 years researching influence, leadership, sales, persuasive presentations, and he teaches on the university level.

Kurt is the author of Persuasion IQ, Laws of Charisma, and the best-selling book Maximum Influence. His books have been translated into 28 languages. He is also the host of the popular podcast Maximize Your Influence.

Over the years, Kurt has taught hundreds of seminars and workshops worldwide. (Over 20 Countries) He has discovered most people have a great desire to succeed but many times fall short of their goals. Mortensen teaches that professional success, personal relationships, and leadership all depend on the ability to persuade, influence, and motivate others. The key is to get others to want to do, what you want them to do and like doing it.

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