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The Gift of Influence

Creating Life-Changing and Lasting Impact in Your Everyday Interactions

by Tommy Spaulding
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Heart-Led Leader comes an empowering manifesto on how to use influence to “make a real difference in the lives of those you interact with at work, in your home, and wherever you may roam” (Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager)

“Tommy Spaulding has such a profound gift for storytelling and for collecting wonderful people and experiences.”—Liz Wiseman, author of Multipliers

Researchers estimate that the average person will influence up to eighty thousand people over the course of their lifetime—or 2.8 people daily. That’s a stadium full of people each of us affects in ways positive or negative, sometimes without our realizing. What if we paid attention to this fact? Would we live differently? Would we lead differently? Would we put down our phones and be more present with the people in front of us?
Tommy Spaulding believes the answer is yes. In this compelling and deeply personal book, Spaulding explores how we can be more mindful and effective in wielding the influence that each of us has over others—in our careers, our everyday interactions, and the relationships we cultivate throughout our lives. Sharing stories from exceptional leaders—from entrepreneurs who have made an impact far beyond their businesses to a teacher who changed the lives of thirty-six students with a simple classroom lesson—Spaulding gives us a simple recipe for leading a life that matters, including 
• the power of asking “What’s your story?”
• the secret to turning transactions into true interactions
• showing up meaningfully for people in need instead of saying “Let me know how I can help.”
For business leaders, educators, parents—everyone who works with people—The Gift of Influence is an essential read on the daily actions that add up to a meaningful life.

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  • Release date

    September 20, 2022

  • Formats

    • Kindle Book

    • OverDrive Read

      • ISBN: 9780593138649

    • EPUB ebook

      • ISBN: 9780593138649
      • File size: 5088 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      June 27, 2022
      Spaulding (It’s Not Just Who You Know), founder and president of a leadership-development training organization, urges readers to act as if “every person you’d ever influenced would be waiting for you in a stadium at the end of your life” in this earnest look at how to affect others positively. He defines influence as “having a lasting effect on the character or behavior of another person,” and offers up four profiles to help readers see it in action: there’s an eighth-grade math teacher who taught her students to appreciate each other, a CEO who opened a brewery staffed by active gang members, a nine-year-old who embraced a bullied kid on his hockey team, and a nun who dreamed of “truly mak a difference in the world.” From their stories, Spaulding extracts advice on ways to impact someone else’s life: readers can make a list of people they interact with on a daily basis and have meaningful conversations with them, as well as thoughtfully tweak routine conversations by saying, for example, “Here’s what I’d like to do for you” instead of “If there’s anything I can do,” when someone needs help. Readers in search of a feel-good approach to “lifting others up” will welcome this easy-to-understand advice.

Formats

  • Kindle Book
  • OverDrive Read
  • EPUB ebook

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  • English

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