Tips For Building & Sustaining Human Influence
AI versus HI at Dancing Elephants Press
As an advisor to philanthropists, the most important tool I have is not money but influence. This is a domain that A.I. cannot master because this kind of influence which includes an ability to get past the gatekeeper, requires a human touch.
To achieve and maintain business success, you must have a personal understanding of power and influence.
Influence is a general term used to describe any event or process where one entity (be it a person, corporation, government, religion, media organization, etc.) can change either directly or indirectly another entity’s thoughts, feelings, or behaviors. Where there is power, change is precipitated. All A.I. can do here is gather and manipulate data.
With human beings, this change will generally take place concerning a belief, an attitude, the possession of physical wealth, and/or the use of influence in its various forms.
Much of what creates and sustains power and influence is emotion and disposition. These two factors may affect an individual’s likelihood of conformity or anticonformity. Dysfunctional emotion, what Eckhart Tolle calls the “pain body” and what many personal development…
