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Receptivity To Our Prospect's Energy
From time-to-time I like to bring up some concepts that might be considered a little woo woo. I ask your indulgence with this and suggest that if it works, even woo woo has value.
From time-to-time I like to bring up some concepts that might be considered a little woo woo. I ask your indulgence with this and suggest that if it works, even woo woo has value.
First a couple of questions: when you are dealing with another person—a client, a prospect, a child, a spouse, a romantic interest—how receptive are you to their energy? And how willing are you to imagine yourself becoming of one mind with that person?
I’ve suggested several other exercises over the months with articles on ‘vibration’ and surrounding ourselves with pink bubbles’ and I’d like to revisit the idea of energy here.
This is all about energy—the language of the unconscious mind and the interconnectedness of all life. It is this interconnectedness with others and with the divine that we can tune into to create opportunities. The divine can be God or Buddha or whomever you worship and in no way am I making any endorsements here.
Recently on one of my private one-on-one coaching calls, a very insightful student/client of mine brought up this concept. It started me thinking about how this is exactly the kind of thing that enhances persuasion immeasurably. I realize there’s a fine line of what will pull people in and what will repel them or scare them off. And I completely understand the hesitation. My request: push past this hesitation and receive this information in the spirit that I am giving it: This is a means to advance persuasion skills incredibly.
My student uses a golden orb as his metaphorical vehicle-an egg-like structure-that he imagines over his head as a source of ‘divine energy’ that flows down through him, through his heart and pouring into the individual as he (or she) connects with them.
When he described this, it struck me as a beautiful way of interacting and it presupposes an intention of doing the highest good, working with the greatest amount of integrity for the benefit and happiness of everyone involved.
All of this is the language of the unconscious. This is exactly the kind of thing that I think is perfect for what needs to be done.
There’s an immense value in this type of exercise as it relates to our persuasion skills. You are not asking for the other person to change. You are not imposing your will upon them. You are simply changing your response to what is going on in the world and in your interactions. As a result, you will find yourself with greater persuasion and influence over your surroundings.
In doing this, you have expanded the persuasion field, your frame around your self, giving you greater reach and a wider field of vision.
So much of what persuasion is originates and emanates from us. It is controlled by us more so than most people would believe because most persuaders think that the control lies with the person we’re persuading and it really is more within us than anything.
All of the exercises I’ve written about, from the unconscious hello, to surrounding ourselves with pink bubbles, to the way we set our intention, to the power of vibrations, to this golden orb. . . all of them point to the fact that persuasion is under our control. One more time: Persuasion is under our control.