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Often your sales prospect’s objection is not their true, actual objection but only its verbal manifestation.
“Your price is too high” most likely means they simply don’t see sufficient value to justify the price you’re asking.
Those who tend to be the most successful in life (both business and personal) deal in truths.
They learn and they understand the laws; the truths of nature including human nature, physical nature, and economic nature.
They don’t deny or ignore those truths;…
My heart has become more and more broken over the past 15 years or so years as I have watched my beloved “United” States of America devolve into two divided entities in a pitched battle for the soul of the country. Not since the actual Civil War has the apparent chasm between two halves of our nation been so enormous and the words so hateful.
With the many celebrations planned on this very special day in history… I believe it’s important to understand that the 19th Amendment did not give women the right to vote. Women always had the right to vote. What the 19th Amendment did was to finally acknowledge and honor that right, which until then had been…
You want to buy this product but you need a better price (or terms, or whatever you feel is necessary) in order to feel comfortable doing so. Last video we looked at how NOT to ask effectively. After all, that’s important to know.
There are times when you really might want to buy a product or service but a certain aspect of the offer is simply not acceptable to you. How do you turn down the salesperson’s offer in a way that both communicates respect, and elicits their desire to come back with something better?
Yes, it’s still another example of two words that seem to be the same and are often used interchangeably, yet the difference in the results they bring are immense. As we discover in Influence & Success Insights Video #28 titled, “Empathy vs. Sympathy” there is a definite reason why one is very helpful while the other…well, really isn’t.
Because people are so often ego-driven and emotion-based it can be difficult to give advice and suggestions in a way that they are not defensive toward you and resistant to your ideas. However, as we discover in Influence & Success Insights Video #27 titled, “Lead-In Phrases…Pave the Way” there is a very simple, kind, and tactful way to accomplish this which will greatly increase that person’s acceptance of – and buy-in to – that which you suggest.
Have you ever noticed that it’s almost impossible to not smile at someone who smiles at you first? And doesn’t smiling just feels so good? As we explore in Influence & Success Insights Video #26 titled, The Immense Influence of a Smile, it also turns out that if you really want to influence another person, a smile is about THE most effective way you can do so.
When someone either relates something negative that one said about us, or even says something negative directly to us, it’s perhaps the most natural thing to *react* with something negative about (or to) them. And, that’s what most people do. However, as we explore in Influence & Success Insights Video #25 titled, “Deflection Via The Parry” there is another way of handling this; a *response* so powerful that both your enemies as well as those already on your side will come to respect you so, so much more.