Manipulation Expert: How To Influence Anyone & Make Them Do Exactly What You Want! - Chase Hughes
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
Mar 19, 2026
Influence fails when you direct people; it succeeds when you resonate with their existing reality. By shifting the context and perception of an interaction, you can grant others subconscious permission to perform behaviors they would normally reject. Chase Hughes reveals how to weaponize micro-compliance and identity-hacking to win any high-stakes negotiation.
Key insight: The "Childhood Development Triangle" dictates 90% of adult behavior; almost every professional conflict is actually an eight-year-old child running a survival script they developed to feel safe or earn rewards.