Tag Archives: personal power

The Madonna Approach: Say What You Need

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What is it that you want? You might be surprised by how many people in this world have no idea how to answer that question. We focus so often on the things that are disappointing us, making us unhappy, or angering us that we lose sight of our own goals. Without an endpoint, we cannot create a map to our success.

Once you finally do know what you want or where you’re going, the challenge of asking other people arises. If you don’t know who to ask to get what you want, then start asking people who they think you should talk to. If you’re not asking for what you want because of pride, that’s a tougher problem to fix, because you have to make a decision whether or not your pride is more important than your goal. (Psst! Your pride should always be second to your goals!)

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Personal Power – Improve Yours Now

Power Poses:

article-personal-powerPeople are often more influenced by how they feel about you rather than by what you’re saying.

According to Harvard Business School professor Amy Cuddy, holding your body in “high-power” poses for short time periods can summon an extra surge of power (through increased testosterone) andsense of well-being (through lower levels of cortisol).

“We used to think that emotion ended on the face,” Dr. Cuddy says. “Now there is established research showing that while it’s true that facial expressions reflect how you feel, you can also ‘fake it until you make it.’ In other words, you can smile long enough (two minutes) that it makes you feel happy. This work extends that finding on facial feedback, which is decades old, by focusing on postures and measuring neuroendocrine levels.”

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Zig On… Staying Up in A Down World

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(Part one of a two-part series)

You get back what you send out.

I am a very “up” person and people frequently ask me how I maintain my enthusiasm. I do several things, including reading an average of three hours each day for the past 26 years. One of the fun things I do is to give people my special greeting. Whether it’s eight o’clock in the morning or eight o’clock at night, I always try to greet others before they have a chance to speak to me.

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Visualize Your Way To Sales

Visualization helps replace negative thoughts with positive thoughts. Visualize yourself being open, friendly and making the sale. Write down your sales goal on a sheet of paper, and put it by your phone. Close your eyes and visualize the number of the sales goal on the piece of paper. KNOW you will achieve it!