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Feb 27, 2020 1 hr 5 min

Spheres of Influence

from The Things We Say Hosted by TheThingsWeSay Podcast

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 [email protected] Facebook.com/thethingswesaypodcast Twitter & Instagram @ttwspodcast

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