Maximize Your Influence

How do great persuaders prepare their minds for success?   The mental aspect of the game is one of the most important (and usually most neglected) traits of success.

This mind training or self-persuasion is what gives great persuaders the psychological edge.  It's true that "you'll only achieve it once the mind believes it."  By "programming" our minds, we dictate our future. It's just that simple.

Why Cognitive Load is Hurting Your Conversions

I take a deeper dive into mental training and mindset on this week’s podcast.  I also explore if the Law of Attraction is real and if the movie “The Secret” really works.  If you are wondering why success and wealth are taking so long – this is your missing link.  Click here for this week’s podcast – Using Law of Attraction to Motivate and Persuade Yourself And Others


One of the very best ways to establish and maintain rapport is to be a good listener. Most of us hear—but don’t know how to listen. Listening is one of those skills that gets a lot of lip service, but we still stink at it. We think we know all about it and therefore are already good at it.

Unfortunately, nothing could be further from the truth. Studies show that poor listening skills still account for 60 percent of all misunderstandings. 

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Get to understand how to influence below the radar and directly into the brain on this week’s podcast – Why 95% of Persuasion and Influence Involves a Subconscious Trigger.


Closing skills were the big thing when the internet did not exist.  Back when a persuader had to explain your product/service from A to Z.  We were taught that closing skills were all you needed. If you did not persuade enough people, you had to learn more closing skills.

Being a selfish jerk doesn’t get you ahead, research finds

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Want a list of closes that still work?  How to deal with people that are jerks?  Get up to speed how opening and closing the sale has changed.  Then join me on this week’s podcast – Closing vs Opening the Sale: Proven and Old School Closing Techniques


"Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another." -Napoleon Hill

Learn more public speaking and critical business skills.  Find out what Bill Gates and Warren Buffet claim to be the most important skills you need to master to be successful in life and business.  Join me this week’s podcast  - What Bill Gates and Warren Buffet Say Is The Most Critical Business Skill.


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