Posts from — April 2009

Everyday in our walk through life we pass hundreds if not thousands of people. And whether you know it or not, some of the best connections you could be making are passing you by. When you are running errands, waiting in line for food, or just walking down the street, make new connections. The easist way I have found this to work is to just say Hi! and smile You will be amazed by the reactions and results you get. [Read more →]

I now understanding why they say knowledge is power. If you have information that other people aren’t aware of and want, when you share it with them:

1. They increase their trust in you
2. They increase their value of you because you gave them something of use value
3. They increase rapport and comfortability

These feelings produce a hunger for them to want more from you. They desire being in your presence, listening to your every word because you provided them with hope for a better tomorrow.

With loyalty, respect, and trust as by products of your knowledge, you now have the ability to influence the decisions of those that follow you. Hence, power to control a decision that can impact few or many.

So when they say knowledge has power realize that you actually have more control over the situation than you think. Use it wisely.

Last week I was at one of my clients office and he posted a status update on Facebook about landing a pretty big interview with Deepak Chopra. In less than 10 minutes he received a phone call from someone in his network congratulating him on landing the interview. But the real beauty of that phone call was that after talking with his friend, he found out that she had just landed a pretty big client herself in the music industry (can anyone say B.B. King). [Read more →]