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29 March 2008, 06:15
6 Steps to Making a Good Impression... Every Time By Bob Cox
6 Steps to Making a Good Impression
Remember when you were a freshman in high school? When you were headed out on a first date, what was your main concern? I'm guessing wanting to make a good impression ranked high on your list.
So to prepare for making that good impression, you may have gotten a haircut... put on a new outfit... practiced a few witty remarks... and reminded yourself to smile at your date as much as possible.
If you think about it, preparing to make a favorable first impression is something you do all the time. You do it when you interview for a job, meet potential clients, have that first dinner with your fiance's parents, and in many other situations.
Making a good first impression begins with a conscious decision to put your best foot forward. And then, whenever and wherever possible, you must make the effort to live up to that first time.
When you stop deciding to put your best foot forward and quit making the effort, your image will suffer and your financial or social goals will go off track. And here's a harsh truth: It is much harder to reclaim a favorable impression than to sustain one.
Let's say you applied for a job and are confident you made an excellent first impression on the Human Resources director. You wore your best suit, you researched the company to prepare for your interview, and you were courteous and friendly when you met. You promptly followed up the interview with a thank-you note. You are happy, thinking you have done all you can to secure the job. So you begin arranging your life around the job offer you know is forthcoming. However, it never arrives. Instead, you receive: "We selected another candidate. Thanks for your interest."
What happened? Maybe you were rude to the director's secretary. Maybe the handwriting on your thank-you note was illegible or your resume was full of typos. You may have been well-prepared and well-dressed. You may have had all the right answers during the interview. But if you made other impressions that didn't measure up, that great first impression you worked so hard on is gone.
Successfully achieving your goals includes having people think well of you over and over again. To maintain and reinforce a positive first impression, follow these simple guidelines:
1. Know what you want from each new encounter.
2. Greet everyone with a smile. Smiling relaxes people and draws them to you.
3. Feel positive about yourself - and look like you do. Whenever I have to make a good impression, I say to myself "It's show time!" and put on my happy face.
4. Use your friendly voice. Saying "Hi, nice to meet you" with enthusiasm goes a long way.
5. Extend your hand first, and give a firm handshake. I have met people who shake hands so weakly that all I can think is "What are they afraid of?"
6. When having a conversation, lean slightly forward. This shows that you are interested in what the other person is saying.
But it's not only important to make a good first impression. You have to make a good second impression too.
Here's a personal story that illustrates what I mean...
I became a private pilot in March 2006. That was one of my proudest personal achievements.
There are a small number of flight schools in my area. I went down to the closest one to check it out. They seemed legitimate: They had quite a few students. They had training airplanes for their students. And they had an adequate staff to meet my needs. Based on the limited research I had done, I determined that their price was fair. Overall, I got a good first impression.
It was the second impression that didn't make it.
You see, during the course of my training, I started noticing things that made me uncomfortable about the way they did business. For example, though they really wanted as many training planes in the air as possible (because that's how they made their money), they appeared to neglect such vital things as maintenance and customer satisfaction.
I continued despite my discomfort. Eventually, I completed my training. After the FAA check ride, I earned my private pilot's license. However, since that day, I have not gone back to lease one of their airplanes or take lessons for advanced certification. Although I achieved my personal goal (attaining my private pilot's license), the negative "second impression" the school left on me prevented them from achieving what should have been their primary goal: to turn me into a long-term customer.
When a private pilot receives his license, the learning process is only beginning. I still had a lot of money to spend on completing my education.
I found another training school, have since purchased my own airplane, and use this new flight facility for all my aviation needs. To my delight, this has been an extremely rewarding experience. I enjoy spending my time (and money) at an establishment that exhibits a warm, welcoming, and supportive environment.
The contrast is shocking. Both businesses make the effort to give off a good first impression... but only one works to maintain that good impression every time. And - not surprisingly - I prefer to patronize the company that cares about making a positive impression over and over again.
Keeping yourself in the best possible light isn't always easy. But, as I said, it's harder - maybe even impossible - to restore a tarnished image.
Remember: Your power to impress or alienate others is a matter of personal choice.
Success is about your willingness to keep the big picture in mind every step of the way. Choose to make that extra effort and go that extra mile. In both the short and long run, you will be happier and accelerate the achievement of your goals.
ENJOY!
From Early to rise
Margarita Nomeikiene
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25 March 2008, 05:42
The Automatic Millionaire By David Bach
David Bach is the author of the national bestsellers, Smart Women Finish Rich, Smart Couples Finish Rich, The Finish Rich Workbook and 1001 Financial Words You Need to Know.
About The Automatic Millionaire
Breaking the myth of the budget
The latte factor
The breakthrough financial plan America has been waiting for, from the financial coach who has helped millions of people live and finish rich!
David Bach has created a program where getting and staying rich doesn't depend on earning a high income! And it doesn't require strict budgeting, tremendous willpower, big sacrifice, or frightening risk-taking. In fact, if the America Dream of financial freedom and lifelong financial security are your goals, there's only ONE THING you really need to do - MAKE IT AUTOMATIC!
In The Automatic Millionaire, you'll discover how to quickly and easily automate every single aspect of your financial plan, step by step. Once you do that, you can finally stop thinking and worrying about your money - and start living and finish rich!
Unlike other money-making programs, The Automatic Millionaire takes a TOTALLY NEW and refreshingly realistic approach to the process of creating personal wealth, by giving you an easy-to-establish system that is completely immune to the usual downfalls, like temptation, inertia, and lack of willpower.
In this simple yet revolutionary program, you'll learn how to:
* Completely automate your entire financial life, step by step, so you can stop worrying about your money.
* Get your money to work for you 24 hours a day, even while you sleep.
* Throw away your budget forever.
* Get out of debt quickly without sacrificing fun.
* Avoid up to 50% of your income being lost to taxes.
* Make yourself, your family, and your finances immune to unexpected setbacks like job loss or illness.
* Figure out exactly what you need to save to become a millionaire.
* Use the power of the Latte FactorŽ to get rich on just a few dollars a week.
* Organize your life financially so you have everything you need at your fingertips.
* Renegotiate the interest rate on your credit card debt in five minutes on the phone by asking for one "secret thing" the credit card companies don't want you to know.
* Maximize your employer's 401(k) plan in ways you probably don't know exist.
* Shave thousands, even tens of thousands, of dollars off your mortgage, and own your home free and clear years sooner than you thought you would.
* Manipulate your credit score in weeks by doing three simple things in minutes with the simple use of your phone.
* And so much more!
Each step in The Automatic Millionaire system takes just a few minutes to set up. Once you've got your system up and running, you'll literally be making, saving, and multiplying money in your sleep - the deep, peaceful sleep of people who know they are doing everything they need to do in order to make themselves and their loved ones rich, safe, and financially secure no matter what happens.
Whether you've got a few spare dollars a week or a few thousand, The Automatic Millionaire system is guaranteed to help you eliminate debt, build solid, long-term wealth, and fulfill the American Dream! It's now your turn to do what you want to do when you want to do it.
Enjoy!
from the /www.nightingale.com
Margarita Nomeikiene
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16 March 2008, 16:53
The Banabu Principels
11 Simple Principles To Living Your Ultimate Life Starting Today
Do you have certain goals and dreams that you want to reach in life? Most of us do. And the fact that you are reading this right proves to me that have a definite desire to improve your life in some way, shape or form. You have to realize this truth. Change is never external. No matter what is going on around you, it will not change your life.
What happens internally governs every direction your life takes. So the first step is to change what's going inside and then take massive action as Anthony Robbins like to call it.
But what if you have no idea what kind of action to take or which direction to move?
Well, essentially you would approach this in the same way we do when we are trying to reach a certain destination but are unsure of how to get there.
When trying to get to a certain destination with no real knowledge of how to do so, what do you do? You grab a map and begin closely looking at it to figure what roads, avenues, highways, directions, etc that you need to travel on to ultimately reach your destination.
Now when you really breakdown a map for what it is, you have a blueprint with true information on it that is utilized as a reference to get to where you need to be. A map doesn't necessarily tell you how to get to your destination; rather it provides you with factual information about locations in certain areas.
Once you know where all things are located, you can find your starting point. And once you have that, you can figure out what your next step is. Each step thereafter leads into and is dependant on the next step to ultimately reach your final destination.
Now when you need a map, do you trust a map that is manufactured by a professional or some piece of paper that someone drew directions on? The logical thing to do is choose the first.
Once you get that map, do question the information on a map? Do you look at it and think to yourself, "this map is wrong" or why is it that you don't question if what you're looking at is factual? Instead, you just accept what you see and follow it.
Well friends, the same is true on the road of life. If you want to achieve a certain goal or reach a certain destination, you must first have a map in the form of a plan that consists of steps that are dependent on each other. And most importantly, you must trust the system one hundred percent with zero doubt and full trust and faith that it will work.
This is hard for many people because there are so many maps or resources available that simply do not work. Because instead of being products manufactured by reputable people, many of the resources out there are nothing more than sketchy directions written down by some self-proclaimed know it all.
Well here's what I can tell you. Some resources work and some don't. While many factors come into play, the common dominator that I have noticed in those that work is that they are based on principles or universal laws that are in alignment with the universe.
So first things first; when deciding to use a self-help resource to fuel your progressive enhancement, it is essential that you use one based on principles rather than opinion.
In doing that, you will be able to effectively manifest what it is that you want out of life and achieve your goals.
Mike Kemski's BANABU multimedia program takes a back seat to no other program when it comes to life-transformation through the application of effective principles.
Here's why, these are just a few the attributes found in these principles.
They are:
Fun -- If you are given a choice, with everything else being equal, you would always choose the fun and exciting option over the boring option. Right?
This "11 Principles" course is no different. It is purposely designed to be fun and exciting to go through, learn and use it in your life.
Simple -- That's because simple is the thing that works the best.
I'm sure you are sick and tired of complicated, elaborate, mumbo-jumbo courses that leave you flustered and more confused than when you started. You may even be feeling sick right now just thinking about those other kind of courses.
Any principle in life is a principle because it is simple. For example gravity. That is simple, you understand it, you know how to use it in your life. That's a principle.
These 11 Principles are no different, by their very nature they HAVE to be simple or else they are not principles.
Fast, Immediate Results -- When you invest in this course, or in anything, you are doing so because you want results sooner rather than later.
Today instead of tomorrow. This minute instead of next year. Now instead of never.
However, you have to be open to fast results. This sounds crazy, but if you believe in the saying "anything worth having is worth waiting for" than you are going to live a life waiting. Not my idea of fun!
Instead, believe "anything worth having is worth having right now".
From Paul Mascetta,.
Self-Improvement Expert and Editor for.
Enjoy!.
Margarita Nomeikiene.
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