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Have You Heard of The Snowball Effect?

Have You Heard of The Snowball Effect?

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 butt off [...]

How to Mirror and Match Using NLP

How to Mirror and Match Using NLP

Anthony Robbins said, “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 [...]

The Magic of a Handshake

The Magic of a Handshake

Your handshake can say a lot about you. Have you ever had a time when you went to go shake someone’s hand and immediately felt confused with what angle you should be at, how hard you should or how many pumps you should do? Take a look at this video:

Do You Know Why Parrots Would Make Great Salesmen?

Do You Know Why Parrots Would Make Great Salesmen?

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 and Pleasure Principle

The Pain and Pleasure Principle

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 People who are motivated by pleasure: A person lives their life to go to Heaven. This means that the thought of going [...]