| Learning how to persuade and influence will make the | | | | like to not have the right skills, because when I had |
| difference between hoping for better income and | | | | my first job in persuasion, I didn't get it done. I talked |
| having a better income. Ask yourself, how much | | | | to a lot of people and made a lot of friends, but I |
| income and money have you lost with your inability | | | | couldn't get them to take action. I soon realized that |
| to persuade and influence. | | | | with everybody that I talked about and every job |
| Now, I'm sure you have seen some success, but | | | | that I ever had, it's all about persuasion, motivation, |
| think of the times you couldn't get it done. Has there | | | | leadership and influence. Many times we are not |
| ever been a time when you did not get your point | | | | getting the results, the revenue, or the respect from |
| across? You were unable to convince somebody to | | | | people around us. This is why persuasion and |
| do something? Have you reached your full potential? | | | | influence is a critical skill. As we study and research |
| Are you able to motivate yourself and others to | | | | the ultra prosperous we find the common skill is the |
| achieve more and accomplish their goals? What about | | | | ability to persuade and influence. |
| your relationships? Have you ever had a time when | | | | This is the most important skill, but we find an |
| you couldn't convince your boss or convince your | | | | interesting paradigm: it is the skill people work on last. |
| coworkers? Face it, everyday, there are times you | | | | As we pursue our wealth or want to work on real |
| can't get yourself to do the things you know you | | | | estate, set up a website, market a book, convince |
| need to be doing. Self persuasion alone is priceless. | | | | our children, motivate coworkers, start to grow a |
| Now this includes success mastery and personal | | | | business, sell a product or service, what happens is |
| motivation. The ability to get yourself to do the | | | | we don't see much success or we hit rock bottom |
| things you want to do, when you don't feel like doing | | | | and realize how much money has been lost, how |
| them. What skills or techniques are you lacking? | | | | many relationships have not been saved, how many |
| Everything you want in life, you need to persuade to | | | | people we could not convince to our point of view. |
| get. Usually what society teaches us is not | | | | Then we study human psychology and persuasion. It |
| necessarily correct. They think force, or coercion, or | | | | is like buying a car without an engine. What is going |
| rewarding people is the way to go. Many people are | | | | to start your engine of success? You can learn all the |
| using what we call military management, which is | | | | tools in the world, get all the degrees offered at the |
| short term compliance, but we want to talk about | | | | local universalities, but until you can understand human |
| long term influence. | | | | nature, motivate others and energize and persuade |
| I have studied persuasion because I have been in the | | | | people, you will be left behind. |
| world of sales, I know what it is. I know what it is | | | | |