Your Slight Edge
Posted by admin on Nov 30, 2009
Have you every wanted to do something else, be someone else, have something else?
Have you ever met someone who wished for these same things?
What is the hold back? What is stopping you and others from having or being different than what or who you are right now?
There is no shortage of resources out there to assist you and others to achieve your dreams and desires. There are courses, books, webinars, seminars, ebooks, you name it, and it’s available. Learn how to do anything from baking a cake, to wealth management.
So what is stopping us?
I’m reading an interesting little book that claims to have the answer, and can be very helpful while building your Internet Income Opportunity.
The book is The Slight Edge, by Jeff Olson.
Mr. Olson’s theory goes like this: throughout our lives we make choices; we decide on a path to take us where we want to go; we take repetitive actions that accumulate over time; we arrive at our destination.
We always have choices in life. The problems start when we make the wrong choices at the onset. Then the issue compounds as we repeatedly take actions on these wrong choices. Over time, we start to pay for our poor choices. This is The Slight Edge working against us.
If, on the other hand, we make good choices, and take repeated actions on these good choices, over time we reap the benefits. This is The Slight Edge working for us.
So there are two very real possible obstacles to us getting where we want to be:
• Making the wrong choices.
• Failing to do the repetitive actions toward our goals.
Thanks for your time, and I’ll see you next time.
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Principles To Live By – Wrap Up
Posted by admin on Nov 19, 2009
Welcome back! This is the final installment in my series based on How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie.
Considering the book was written in 1936, the principles discussed are just as relevant today as they were back then. They can be very useful in the operation of any Online Marketing Business Opportunity.
The information presented would make great material for today’s school system. There is nothing earth-shattering here, just common sense and good manners, for the most part. Traits such as these are often lacking in today’s fast-paced, stress-filled society. Direct Sales Marketing would benefit from the ideas presented.
There are:
• three fundamental techniques for handling people
• six ways to make people like you
• nine suggestions to assist leaders when correcting the attitudes and behaviors of others.
I have noticed a difference in the way I think and react since reading this book. Anyone in an Internet Income Opportunity wouldn’t go wrong by reading and practicing these principles.
Next week I’ll be starting a new series based on The Slight Edge, by Jeff Olson. This next project promises to be as informative and helpful as the last.
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Make The Other Person Happy About Doing The Thing You Suggest
Posted by admin on Nov 12, 2009
There are always many ways to say something, and some ways are better than others.
This principle creates a win-win situation. You are happy that the person is doing what you suggest, the other person is happy to be doing it. This is the ideal situation for your Internet Income Opportunity.
Try asking for what you want in a way that the other person is honored to be doing what you suggest. There are a few things to consider if you want to get this one right:
• Be sincere, and don’t promise anything you can’t deliver
• Be clear on exactly what it is you want the other person to do
• Ask yourself what the other person really wants
• Consider the benefits this person will receive from doing what you ask
• Match these benefits to the other person’s wants
• Be sure that you convey the personal benefit to the other person when you ask
Like anything else in life, this approach will not always work, but you stand a much better chance of success than just jumping in with both feet, with no prior consideration for the outcome.
I’ve tried to apply my knowledge and understanding of these ideas in the operation of my Direct Sales Marketing.
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Make The Fault Seem Easy To Correct
Posted by admin on Nov 6, 2009
Be very careful, when correcting someone’s mistakes, not to discourage them from continuing on. The whole purpose of pointing out someone’s errors is to help them improve, not to force them to quit! This will be very important to your Direct Sales Marketing.
There is no need to lie to people, just choose your words carefully.
Praise the things they have done right, and encourage them to keep going. Then discuss the things they have done incorrectly, and discuss how they could improve.
Minimize the error, showing how easy it is to correct.
This applies to all aspects of life. If you tell your child they are stupid and incapable of doing something, they will prove you right. They have no incentive to continue or to try to improve.
On the other hand, tell them that they can do anything, make anything seem easy to do, show that you have faith in their abilities, and again, they will prove you right!
I have tried to apply my knowledge and understanding of these ideas in the operation of my Internet Income Opportunity.
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Give The Other Person A Fine Reputation To Live Up To
Posted by admin on Nov 5, 2009
What should you do when a person, who has been a good worker in the past, begins to turn in shoddy work?
Well, it’s time for a heart-to-heart talk about the problem. This will apply to your Online Marketing as much as it does in an employment situation. Remember, you are their coach, so you want to point them toward success.
Praise them for the good work they have done in the past, being as specific as possible.
Then move on to your concern that their work is not up to their own normal standards.
Mention that you thought they would want to know that their performance is sliding, just in case they were not aware of the decline.
You have now given them a reputation to live up to, their own past reputation!
How could they now fail to produce work comparable to what they have a reputation for turning out?
For any trait that you wish to see in someone, always behave as though this trait is already one they have, and will continue to have.
People will make every effort to live up to the reputation you have given them, rather than see you disillusioned.
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Praise The Slightest Improvement
Posted by admin on Nov 4, 2009
Praise The Slightest Improvement And Praise Every Improvement. Be “Hearty In Your Appreciation And Lavish In Your Praise.”
Do you have any pets? If you do, this will sound very familiar to you.
Why is it that we are “hearty in our appreciation and lavish in our praise” when we are training out pets, but we do not do the same for people?
Does it not make sense that we should attempt the same level of praise when dealing with people as we do when dealing with animals?
Praise encourages people to keep trying, keep improving.
As a child, my father would tell me I could do anything that I put my mind to. To this day, I believe he was right. This is one of the many reasons I started my Direct Sales Marketing.
History is full of examples where praise, at the right time, changed the lives of people forever …
Enrico Caruso was told by his first teacher that he could not sing, but his mother told him differently.
Charles Dickens received nothing but rejection for many of his first attempts to write, but one day a publisher accepted one of his writings, which encouraged him to continue to write.
H.G. Wells had a schoolmaster who gave him a little praise and assured him that he was very intelligent and headed for a better life.
If you have done any personal development recently, this will be familiar to you. What you concentrate on you get more of. If you dwell on negative things, you will attract more negative things. If you concentrate on positive things, you will get more of the same.
This concept works for your personal life as well as your Online Business life.
Try to be as specific as possible in your praise. Generalities do not carry the same effect and may not seem as sincere. Being specific shows that you are truly interested in someone, not just trying to be nice with your encouragement.
Your praise and appreciation should come from the heart. For many of us, this involves a new way of life!
“Abilities wither under criticism; they blossom under encouragement.”
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Let The Other Person Save Face
Posted by admin on Nov 3, 2009
How to Win Friends & Influence People, by Dale Carnegie sites a great example of an employee: a genius in one capacity of his job, but a complete failure as the head of a department. They did not want to offend him as he was indispensable to the company. So, rather than try to improve his performance as a department head, they gave him a new title. One that allowed him to do the work he was extremely good at, while making someone else head of the department. They allowed him to save face.
Try to put yourself in any situation. How would you like to be treated if it were you with the problem? Try to consider the feelings of other people, and try not to hurt their pride.
A misstep in the handling of these situations can have devastating consequences. In a matter of minutes, it can destroy working relationships beyond repair. This is not something you want to happen in your Direct Sales Marketing and dealing with your team.
This is one of the many reasons why a reprimand of someone’s performance should be done in private. When done in public, the person in question may be evasive about questions of performance, in an effort to save face. There is no need to try to save face if the discipline is done away from others, in private.
Praise, on the other hand, should be done in the open, in public. This helps to build confidence, and allows people to be proud of their accomplishments.
It doesn’t matter if you’re right and the other person is definitely wrong, you only destroy ego by causing someone to lose face.
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Ask Questions Instead Of Giving Direct Orders
Posted by admin on Nov 2, 2009
Ask Questions Instead Of Giving Direct Orders.
I don’t know if it’s my red hair or human nature, but I have a problem with people giving me direct orders! If they are my superior (in a working relationship), I know they have the right to give orders, but that doesn’t make it right.
There’s a nicer, better way to accomplish the same thing, and that’s by suggesting or asking questions, not commanding. Something like: “You might want to consider …” or “Do you think this would work?” would be preferable.
If someone has presented something to you for review, and you think it could be done better or differently, try saying something like: “What do you think of this instead?” This allows them to save face and makes it easier for them to accept the critique and make the necessary adjustments, without resentment.
Once someone has been given proper direction and training, let them do the work assigned to them and see how well they do. If it is not to your satisfaction, then try one of the phrases mentioned above, and don’t say “Do it this way.” This allows them to learn from their mistakes.
This approach gives people the opportunity to show you what they can do and how they would do it. Let them use their own creativity. You might be surprised to see that they have a better or different way than you would have used that is quite acceptable, maybe even preferable. This can work very well for your Direct Sales Marketing, and you might just learn something that you can use for your business!
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