People generally like to be around other people who are like themselves. A concept Matthew Ferry taught me relates it to the way it works within tribes. A tribe consists of a (x) amount of people who are all similar. They all talk, walk and do things a similar way. When someone from tribe A [...]
Personality Types – Analytical
by AJ Kumar on 15. Jul, 2010 in Personal Development, Personality Types
Knowing what kind of personality type someone is can be a major advantage in building rapport, closing a deal, or networking. The hardest part isn’t learning about how to tell who is what, but rather how to use subconscious versatility at any given time. What I mean by this is being able to interact with [...]
Personality Type – Amiable
by AJ Kumar on 13. Jul, 2010 in Personal Development, Personality Types
During the last few days, I’ve shown you 3 of the 4 personality types. I can’t tell you how many times people have told me that they are not just 1 personality type, but 2 or even 3! Let me clarify: Everyone on this planet is dominantly 1 out of the 4 different personality types. [...]
Have You Heard of The Snowball Effect?
by AJ Kumar on 09. Jul, 2010 in Mindset
The snowball effect was originally an analogy that was used to describe the Great War. It simply means something of little to no significance building up to become miraculous and great. Snowball, was also the title for a book written about Warren Buffet. He started out as not a big deal and then worked his [...]
How to Mirror and Match Using NLP
by AJ Kumar on 13. Jun, 2010 in Building Rapport
Anthony Robbins stated: “People who like each other tend to be like each other.” What this means is that the more similar you are with the person you’re speaking to, the more rapport you’ll have. Ultimately with more rapport comes more power and influence. Surely this is something anyone would look for… Check out this [...]
Video: The Power of a Woman’s Touch
by AJ Kumar on 23. Apr, 2010 in Building Rapport
Here are some poweful tips for both your business and personal life Make sure you follow @YehudaN on twitter for great tips and more! Yehuda Neuman is a widely renowned relationship expert, emerging celebrity, film producer and dating coach as well as professional sales consultant for some of the largest companies in New York City. [...]
The Magic of a Handshake
by AJ Kumar on 16. Apr, 2010 in Building Rapport
Yehuda Neuman is a widely renowned relationship expert, emerging celebrity, film producer and dating coach as well as professional sales consultant for some of the largest companies in New York City. You definitely need to follow him twitter
Do You Know Why Parrots Would Make Great Salesmen?
by AJ Kumar on 24. Mar, 2010 in Building Rapport
Have you ever had the opportunity to speak to a parrot? It sounds odd, but what I mean is to listen to a parrot mock the words you speak to it? Interestingly enough, the parrot is performing a very basic technique used in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming). The parrot is obviously not doing this on [...]
The Pain & Pleasure Principle
by AJ Kumar on 21. Feb, 2010 in Persuasive Linguistics
Every single human being is motivated 1 of 2 ways: move away from pain or go towards pleasure. For a very simplistic example… in most religions, there is the Heaven and Hell concept…
9 Secrets to Present Powerfully
by AJ Kumar on 27. Jan, 2010 in Public Speaking
You’re at a huge networking event. Nervously, you glance around the room and see many familiar faces. Some of the faces are new and are even smiling. These are the faces of your fellow club members. You have talked to them many times on many different occasions. So why should this be any different? Why [...]
Using Your Body Language to Persuade
by AJ Kumar on 18. Jan, 2010 in Building Rapport, Microexpressions
Ever listen to someone speaking and realize that something about that person just did not ring true? Something about the way he carried himself conflicted with his words. Maybe, it was his inability to look you in the eye. Perhaps, his hands distracted you. Or maybe it was the facial expressions that just did not [...]
The 6 Steps to Mastery
by AJ Kumar on 29. Dec, 2009 in Mindset
One of my favorite mentors during the beginning of my personal development career was a guy by the name of Matthew Ferry. I’ve learned many amazing concepts about the law of attraction, the universe, synergizing, and several others. However, one of the most concepts I’ve ever heard was the six steps to mastery. 1. Formulation [...]
The Three-Step Close That Attracts Clients Like Crazy
by AJ Kumar on 22. Dec, 2009 in Public Speaking
Nine out of ten business presentations end with either an unimpressive “Thank you” or a feeble “Are there any questions?” Both are ineffective when it comes to persuading your audience to buy your products and services. After many years of making business presentations, I discovered the most effective close consists of three parts: a question [...]
Three Explosive Ways to Grab Your Audience’s Attention and Keep it!
by AJ Kumar on 06. Dec, 2009 in Public Speaking
Speakers can open their presentation using one of a host of methods. So why do most non-professional speakers begin their speech with those attention-grabbing words, “Ah, I am so-in-so, ah . . . um”? Beginning your speech with filler words such as “ah” or “um” immediately tells your audience that you are an untrained speaker. [...]
The Fear of Rejection Explained
by AJ Kumar on 08. Oct, 2009 in How People Make Decisions
In theory, communication is simple. You send a message and the recipient receives it and acts accordingly to the content of the message – in practice, communication is a far cry from its theory. Each and every day you can’t help witnessing people who are either unable to express themselves in a clear way or [...]
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