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Pumping Up Your Persuasion Muscle
Over the last few years I've become a new man. How? Well, I'm finally becoming congruent with my thoughts and my body. I've shed over one hundred and forty unwanted pounds of fat. A new lease on life and a new attitude toward the gym, as well as a drastically revised relationship with food have combined to achieve huge results for me.
Over the last few years I’ve become a new man. How? Well, I’m finally becoming congruent with my thoughts and my body. I’ve shed over one hundred and forty unwanted pounds of fat. A new lease on life and a new attitude toward the gym, as well as a drastically revised relationship with food have combined to achieve huge results for me.
At my heaviest I was over 425 pounds. I had advanced diabetes and was close to death. There’s no way I could have spent an hour a day at the gym (like I do now). The results of my new way of eating and the exercise have improved every aspect of my life.
So why the big pat on the back here? Well, I want to talk to you about patience, perseverance and viewing your persuasion skills as a muscle which you need to exercise daily in order to perform at you best.
One day of exercise a week isn’t going to do it just as one study session of three hours is much, much less beneficial than twenty minutes a day, every day. In this way the brain muscle works exactly like every other muscle in the body. Researchers have proven that frequent short periods of exercise are significantly more beneficial than a three hour stretch performed less frequently.
Aside from that, it’s much easier to find ten or fifteen minutes a few times a day than carving out a much larger period of time.
For some of us patience is a four letter word. We’re movers, shakers, doers, persuaders. We get things done because we don’t take no for an answer. And here comes the but. . . But, I implore you to be patient with yourself. Some things come easier to some people, some things come slower. Persuasion is so multidimensional, such a layered and rich body of knowledge that there’s very little possibility of learning it and utilizing it all at once.
With that said, I do everything in my power to streamline the process and have made significant advances towards this end. And still, it takes time. It’s an ongoing education. We’re at the edge of the persuasion frontier and that is thrilling. We are at the edge of the persuasion frontier and that is awe-inspiring. And we are the pioneers so we learn from each day, each session, each exercise, each seminar.
That’s a lot to digest. (Back to the food metaphors!)
With our intentions set, with our paths illuminated, we set out to add layer upon layer of persuasion muscle to our work lives, our personal lives and our public lives. Slowly, but surely we will build our persuasion arsenals into tight, toned, compact, (or bulky, depending on your taste), versatile, strong, and powerful tools. I can’t tell you how much it thrills me to be your persuasion personal trainer.