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What Are You Full Of? When we interact with prospects, especially an affluent clientle, we need to really show them what we're made of. Over-confidence, arrogance, cockiness, braggery. . .these are NOT good things to be full of. Self-assurance, competency, confidence, and self-value. . . are excellent things to be full of. Base Desires And Persuasion Persuasion has always been my passion. Self persuasion and self mastery have become extraordinarily important to me over the last year and a half. I have had some tremendous changes in my life as a result. The Key to Creating Group Rapport When I first started out in the persuasion business I would have huge anxiety for about a week before a big seminar. I was impossible to be around. My family would sequester themselves and avoid me. Even my dog steered clear of my office somehow intuitively knowing I was in no mood to play. Not only was the gear up for these events intense and chaotic, but the let down after, not because the event was not successful, but because the energy I spent and absorbed and that worked its way though me, was immense. Believing in Yourself: Intention and Persuasion Baggage. It's an overused pop cultural term for the excess and useless constructs and perceived damage we've experienced in our lives. We've all got baggage-whether it be in the form of how we experienced our youth to the absolute worst romantic relationship we've ever had to the one who broke our heart. Becoming Magnetic I know a very spiritual woman who has recently realized a reversal in her circumstances: She told me, 'I used to have unfortunate beliefs about myself and I received back from external influences unfortunate results. When I decided to take control and raise my resonance, to be the change I wanted to become, to allow abundance and love come flow through me, absolutely everything fell into place. I am now living a life of leisure with a beautiful husband and I can draw what I want into my universe at will.' Paper Seeds: An Exercise in Sprouting and Manifesting My grandfather played a big role in my youth. He taught me a lot of very important lessons including the Biblical verse: As you sow, so shall you reap. Pure Persistence Power Here's a quote by Dale Carnegie. "Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all." First Step: Create Your Universes "Civilization advances as more and more of life's essentials are absorbed by the unconscious." -Diane Ackerman, "An Alchemy of Mind: The Marvel and Mystery of the Brain" Determine The Sum of Your Values "Our value is the sum of our values." --Joe Batten Cleaning Out the Trash 'Taking one step forward and two steps back. . . ' It's a common saying that epitomizes the frustration of trying to get ahead but being plagued by missteps or setbacks. How would you like to eliminate the need to take two steps back? Befriending Your Gentle Giant: A Lesson In Self Motivation "It is as if evolution has built a safety device in our nervous system that allows us to experience full happiness only when we are living at 100% - when we are fully using the physical and mental equipment we have been given." ~Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi