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My New Blog: Irvine Homes Now

After the real estate industry crashed, I figured what better time to get into the real estate industry then now . I recently started a blog called Irvine Homes Now. My goal is to talk to you about what’s really going on in the Orange County market and more specifically, in Irvine, CA. I chose [...]

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body-language

How to Build Rapport

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 [...]

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Personality Types – Analytical

Personality Types – Analytical

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 [...]

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Personality Type – Amiable

Personality Type – Amiable

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. [...]

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NLP – Facebook

Persuasive Communicators on Facebook!

Persuasive.net has started a group on facebook called “Persuasive Communicators”. Help us build a powerful group and join now to allow each and everyone one of us to grow!

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Motivate Employees

7 Ways To Motivate Your Employees Without Being A Jerk

Most employees behave very similar to children.  They fiddle around twiddling their thumbs together when there is nothing to do. They grunt, moan, and groan when they must get up in the morning to go to work (children go to school).  And the biggest similarity is the rush of excitement they have when it is [...]

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Dominate Alpha Male

How to be a Dominant Alpha Male

So I have had a flood of requests from the male readers among you asking recently how to appear and come off as more powerful and in control. It really is a terrific question and this article is hopefully going to help you to bring out your true self. You see, we are all powerful [...]

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half-and-half

5 Techniques That Make You Powerful, Persuasive, & Influential

Power. Persuasion. Influence. These are things that we all lust over day in and day out. It is part of human nature to want to be in control (hence the reason we fear death and public speaking, the outcomes are unsure and hence, we are frightened of them.) What this article is going to do [...]

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Interrupting Someone is Not Rude, It is Persuasive!

Interrupting Someone is Not Rude, It is Persuasive!

Has your mom or dad ever told you as a child to never interrupt someone while they are talking? Well I hate to be the one to say this to you, but they are dead wrong! A few years ago I was introduced to a very simple yet weird communication technique. Even though this technique [...]

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Using Quick Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas and Close Deals

Using Quick Persuasion to Sell Your Ideas and Close Deals

Whether you have a sales, marketing, or executive job, your underline task is always to sell yourself,  ideas, products, or services to other people. Selling to people requires you to convey your point of view in efforts for someone to agree with you and take the necessary action. Here are some amazing posts I have [...]

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The Secret to Why You Do What You Do and How to Use it to Your Advantage

The Secret to Why You Do What You Do and How to Use it to Your Advantage

Many people ave unique abilities or talents that separate them from everyone else. It provides a variety of concepts and ideas that overall revolutionize the way we live our everyday life. One thing that we all share in common is how we make the decisions we make to do the things we do. We all [...]

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How Using “Tie Downs” Can Make You A Persuasive Communicator

How Using “Tie Downs” Can Make You A Persuasive Communicator

Have you ever spoken to someone in the past who was really drawn to what you were saying? Like you were just talking and they couldn’t help but to keep nodding their head and saying words like “yeah”, “uh-huh”, “then what happened”. When you are getting eager reactions such as those from your listeners, doesn’t [...]

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“You Miss 100% of the Shots You Never Take.”

“You Miss 100% of the Shots You Never Take.”

If you watch hockey as much as I do, and I don’t, then you would probably have no clue that it was Wayne Gretzky who said this quote.  The interpretation of this quote is more than simple: if you don’t take the shot, then obviously you wont score.  It is physically impossible to make a [...]

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Have You Seen My Swag?

Have You Seen My Swag?

The obvious question is what the hell is swag?  Urban Dictionary defines swag or swagger as: appearance, style, or the way he or she presents themselves.  From pop icons to public figures, swag is what will allow one to have a magnetic effect on the people around them.  Regardless of how the word was coined, [...]

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A Million Ways to Make a Million Dollars

A Million Ways to Make a Million Dollars

No, I am not going to literally make a list of 1 million ways, but I will give you the secret to what most of them have in common. First, let’s get one thing straight. Do you really even want to become a millionaire? I mean, it is a lot of hard work.  You usually [...]

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