Saturday, 25 June 2011

Meet nicer business people

Essential tip for anyone in business.

Let me tell you what I do when I have an open sales, confidence or presentation course.
If I have a room full of strangers, I like to start my course by asking 2 questions.

1 Put your hand up if you don't know me. All the hands go up.

2 Keep your hand up if you like me. Most of the hands go down!

I then ask those who have put their hand down why don't they like me.
The usual answer is;
"I don't like you - I don't dislike you - I just don't know you yet. I only met you 2 minutes ago. I will probably get to like you."

I then ask those who have kept their hands up, why they say they like me - again having only known me 2 minutes or less - when their hand went up.
The answer to that one usually is;
"You haven't given me a reason to dislike you,"

If you adopt this attitude, and you begin by liking everybody you meet, a few things will happen. The first thing is, new people you meet will be a lot more likely to like you. This is of course going to make it easier for people to do business with you. Another consequence is that you are more likely to be recommended to associates of those we meet. The final thing of course is life and business will be a little sweeter.
Sometimes some of the most important things in business are the simplest.
I hope you find this helpful