From the course: Boosting Your Influence Skills with Generative AI
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Strengthen your credibility with data
From the course: Boosting Your Influence Skills with Generative AI
Strengthen your credibility with data
- Let's be honest, "Just add more data" sounds like solid advice until it isn't, because data by itself doesn't automatically make you more credible. In fact, misused data can actually undermine your influence. You've seen this happen. Someone floods the room with stats that don't match the message, or drops a random chart into an email with zero context. Suddenly, instead of building trust, they're raising eyebrows. Let's clean up how we use data to build trust, not just make more noise. Here's the change-up. AI can help you strengthen your credibility with data, but only if you use it to do three specific things. Number one, curate the right proof, not just more of it. Use tools like ChatGPT's Deep Research or Perplexity.ai to help you find supporting data faster. But don't stop there. Ask, "Can you help me find one stat "that reinforces this point "without sounding like a sales pitch?" Or, "What's one surprising reputable data point "that builds trust with a skeptical audience?"…
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