First Impressions are Lasting Impressions

In my last arti­cle about suc­cess, I fin­ished the post touch­ing on the sub­ject of sell­ing your­self. Then today I saw a Face­book post by a friend that asked for an opin­ion and my com­ment led me to this sub­ject. I have to apol­o­gize because I like to give back-story like some­one after they have been out on a drunken party binge, and they vomit all over the place. Sorry for that visual. I hope this is a bet­ter one.

A long story short, back in the day I attended a 90 day school on how to be a recruiter for the U.S Air Force. At the begin­ning of each class hour you had to shout ” Boy Am I Enthusiastic”.

 The funny thing is when you said it on day 48 and feel­ing tired of iving impromtu speach­esand the such,  is that say­ing it helped the energy level. A Lot! The point of the exer­cise was to believe in some­thing. To prac­tice that some­thing every day so that it becomes a habit and con­tributes to a good attitude.

What are you doing today that is a good atti­tude? DO YOU really believe in the prod­uct you are mar­ket­ing? If you do, do You REALLY BELEIVE in your­self? Be truth­ful! Could you shout to the world on a street cor­ner what you are sell­ing and what you do? If you can,then you have a great self iden­tity and know who you really are. If you can’t then you have some work to do.

My sug­ges­tions on find­ing out who you are;

• Ask your friends what they think about you –
  • No holds barred! Your Friends need to be gut level hon­est with you.
• Find out what they need think about your character
  • Bad habits
  • Good Habits
  • Lik­able and unlike­able qualities
• Go on a per­sonal retreat
  • Things you can do and take
  • Some­thing to write or take notes on, either one will work.
  • Take a note book and pen
  • Mini tape recorded if you have one
• Food
  • Take some­thing that doesn’t take your atten­tion away from what you are doing at the moment
  • Keep it simple
  • Energy bars
  • Trail mix
  • Water
  • No sodas
  • No Cof­fee after you arrive where you want to be.
  • Be Iso­lated
• Lock your­self up in a hotel room
• Book a few days at a remote cabin
• Take sev­eral days in a row and go to a remote hik­ing location
  • Spend the night or even a few nights if you have the gear.
• Who is a major influ­ence on your life?
  • Artist
  • Pho­tog­ra­pher
  • Author
  • Poet
  • Film Direc­tor

The whole Idea is to have as few dis­trac­tions so that you can really have a deep con­ver­sa­tion with your­self. You really need to get to the answers to the ques­tions above.

Finally, I come back to a ques­tion asked ear­lier; what would it take for you to be able to stand on a street cor­ner and shout out to the passersby and try to sell them your prod­uct. Well that may be extreme, but truth­fully, what would it take to approach a total stranger and pitch them on what you do? It is the final quest you need to answer. If you can con­fi­dently respond to some­one that has approached you, you will leave a last­ing impres­sion that in turn will bring more busi­ness to you.

Ooops for­got one thing, It is important!

Don’t be totally crazy, use some com­mon sense on how freely you talk about what you do.

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