What if the key to influence isn’t knowing—but admitting you don’t? Could the most powerful leaders be the ones most willing to learn and be changed by what they hear?

In this episode, former wartime interrogator Eric Maddox and business president David White reveal how empathetic listening proved equally effective in the hunt for Saddam Hussein and in rebuilding trust with a frustrated community. Together, they show that genuine influence begins when we let go of needing to know and instead listen with deep curiosity and care to the people closest to the problem.

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What if the very pain we hide is what could heal us? And what if the people who trigger our pain are the ones we most need to connect with?

In this part two of this Summit 2022 session, Nate Mitchell and participants wrestle with what it means to “become part of we.” Through personal experiences and reflection, they reveal how connecting with others through our pain opens the door to the connection we crave.

Ideas we explore:

2:15 – Peace and pain can coexist.

5:20 – We remember who we are through friction.

7:10 – You are not enough—but we are.

13:00 – The antidote to loneliness.

19:50 – The courage to connect through pain.

28:45 – The gifts we need come to us through others.

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If influence is what makes leadership possible, what creates influence? And does how we influence change across settings or are the principles the same?

In this episode, Arbinger’s Brian Fulkerson takes outward mindset principles from the boardroom to the baseball field and discovers that the fundamentals of leadership are universal. Across age and context, positive influence grows from the same source: how we see and treat the people we lead.

Ideas we explore:

02:14 – What to do when you discover you’re the problem.

05:48 – How do you see kids?

10:42 – How to develop influence with challenging kids.

15:57 – Working through the classic parent-child power struggle.

19:14 – Community as a core component of meaningful influence.

27:12 – The decades-long impact positive influence can have.

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