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Influence Anyone

Influence Anyone

Howie Chan, Influence Strategist @ The Behavioring Company 84 Episodes Oct 6, 2026

The #1 podcast on applied influence psychology. Each episode, host Howie Chan sits down with leading experts and practitioners to uncover hidden psychology that helps you influence yourself and get buy-in from others. Topics include branding, storytelling, sales, and communication skills for leaders. The show features top human behavior experts, best-selling authors, and elite performers sharing proven strategies. Perfect for entrepreneurs, executives, and anyone ready to grow their influence and authority.

Episodes

100 Episodes Later: "The Power Lies in the Pause" and 11 Other Lessons from Influence Anyone Guests
100 Episodes Later: "The Power Lies in the Pause" and 11 Other Lessons from Influence Anyone Guests Oct 6, 2026 2372 After 100 episodes, Howie Chan finally says the thing most podcasters won't say out loud. In this season one finale, he gets honest about the money, the growth, and the grind behind Influence Anyone. He pulls back the curtain on a question every creator eventually faces, then he turns to the 12 guests who most influenced him and how he thinks about influence, from Robert Cialdini and a $700,000 th
Dissecting Persuasion: How a Black Jazz Musician Got Hundreds of KKK Members to Give Up Their Robes
Dissecting Persuasion: How a Black Jazz Musician Got Hundreds of KKK Members to Give Up Their Robes Sep 29, 2026 3861 Hundreds of Ku Klux Klan members have handed their robes to Daryl Davis, a Black jazz musician who won them over by listening instead of arguing. His opening question: How can you hate me if you don't even know me? Howie Chan sits down with Joshua Bandoch, former academic, speechwriter, and author of How to Get What You Want, to unpack why that approach works and why most persuasion fails before
Neuroscience of Resistance: How to Use ‘No’ as a Way In With the Transformation  Expert Who’s Led Change at Google & Salesforce
Neuroscience of Resistance: How to Use ‘No’ as a Way In With the Transformation  Expert Who’s Led Change at Google & Salesforce Sep 22, 2026 3301 Every leader, parent, and consultant runs into the same wall: resistance. Someone pushes back on an idea or a change, and the instinct is to push harder. Travis Hahler, who has led transformation work inside Google and Salesforce and worked with over 100 organizations, says that instinct is exactly backwards. In this conversation, Howie Chan sits down with Travis to unpack why the human brain trea
Royalty Voice Coach: "Confidence Is NOT What Makes People Listen to You”
Royalty Voice Coach: "Confidence Is NOT What Makes People Listen to You” Sep 15, 2026 3831 Confidence, according to one of the world’s leading voice coaches, Caroline Goyder, comes from shutting your mouth. It's a strange claim from someone who has spent her career teaching leaders how to command a room, but she has the science, the client stories, and the physiology to back it up. Howie Chan sits down with Caroline, author of Gravitas and Find Your Voice, to unpack why competence alon
Celebrity Ghostwriter: "Going VIRAL Isn't Luck, It's a Formula"
Celebrity Ghostwriter: "Going VIRAL Isn't Luck, It's a Formula" Sep 8, 2026 3250 Despite what many people think, going viral is NOT luck. According to Michael Schein, author of The Hype Handbook, it's a formula, and it starts with picking a fight, not with a person, but with an idea everyone else has agreed to accept without question. In this conversation, Howie Chan sits down with Michael to unpack how he turned himself from a broke, forgettable marketing copywriter into an i
Brand Is a Memory: The Positioning Framework Behind the World's Biggest Brands
Brand Is a Memory: The Positioning Framework Behind the World's Biggest Brands Sep 1, 2026 1317 Most professionals think branding starts with picking the right customer. Howie Chan says that’s the wrong question to ask. In this solo episode, Howie breaks down the positioning framework he uses to build some of the world's biggest brands, translated for executives, founders, and professionals who want to be remembered instead of overlooked. He explains why a brand is not a logo or a tagline b
The Purple Cow Effect: Freelancer Magazine Founder Reveals How Starting a Print Magazine  Led to a Thriving Paid Community
The Purple Cow Effect: Freelancer Magazine Founder Reveals How Starting a Print Magazine Led to a Thriving Paid Community Aug 25, 2026 3205 Most people think building a community means throwing up a Circle page or a Slack channel and waiting for people to show up. Sophie Cross, founder of Freelancer Magazine, built an 800-member paid community without a single group chat, and she tells Howie Chan why that absence was intentional. In this conversation, Sophie shares how she launched her print magazine for freelancers through a fast, hi
Chicken Soup for the Soul Co-Creator: From 144 Rejections to 500M+ Books Sold Worldwide
Chicken Soup for the Soul Co-Creator: From 144 Rejections to 500M+ Books Sold Worldwide Aug 18, 2026 3595 Mark Victor Hansen got rejected 144 times before Chicken Soup for the Soul became one of the bestselling book series in history. In this episode, Howie Chan sits down with the legendary author, publisher, and co-creator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise to unpack the psychology behind persistence, goal-setting, destiny, and influence. Hansen breaks down why most people never figure out w
Career Pivoting After Getting Laid Off at 42 (and 3 things I’d do differently if it happened again)
Career Pivoting After Getting Laid Off at 42 (and 3 things I’d do differently if it happened again) Aug 11, 2026 2277 In this solo episode, Howie shares a very personal story. It happened in March, 2022. A brief phone call ended his dream job and he was forced to rebuild his career. Now, in hindsight, if he could redo the 18 months that followed, there are three things he'd do (very) differently. Hit play and listen to Howie break down why being good at your job will not keep you safe in the modern workplace and
The “Inner Propaganda:” How To Change Your Beliefs, Influence Reality & Build the Ultimate “ Antifragile Identity”
The “Inner Propaganda:” How To Change Your Beliefs, Influence Reality & Build the Ultimate “ Antifragile Identity” Aug 4, 2026 4246 Howie Chan sits down with Owen Fitzpatrick, social psychologist and author of Inner Propaganda, to unpack why your brain is running a quiet campaign against your own objectivity. Owen reveals that belief has almost nothing to do with logic. It has to do with what feels right, safe, and stable. Together they break down the four different kinds of truth we mistake for objective fact, why argumentati
The 7 Signals: Why Your Attention Span Isn't Short (and What Actually Captures Human Focus)
The 7 Signals: Why Your Attention Span Isn't Short (and What Actually Captures Human Focus) Jul 28, 2026 1315 The goldfish attention span myth has been repeated in TED Talks, boardrooms, and marketing decks for years, but it never actually existed. In this solo episode, Howie Chan traces the myth back to its source, then asks a better question: if attention span isn't shrinking, what actually decides where the brain looks? Howie breaks down why psychologists rarely study attention the way we imagine it, a
Personal Branding 101 with LinkedIn Video Pioneer & Expert Brand Strategist Who Created The Talking Video Format
Personal Branding 101 with LinkedIn Video Pioneer & Expert Brand Strategist Who Created The Talking Video Format Jul 21, 2026 4421 Goldie Chan filmed her first LinkedIn video in 2017 on an iPhone 5, with no editing, no title cards, and no plan. 800 consecutive videos later, she is one of the people who invented what LinkedIn videos even look like. In this episode, Howie Chan sits down with Goldie, author of Personal Branding for Introverts, to unpack the real difference between reputation and personal brand, the evolutionary

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