Thursday, April 21, 2011

You've been squeaking - I mean trying to get your way

You've been squeaking - I mean trying to get your way - ever since you were a baby. A matter of fact, before you read any further, why not pull out a chubby picture of yourself just to have a good laugh. Or, get a good image in your mind of your baby picture. You got the picture? Would you MBT Kimondo, just look at that baby smile. Now, your method of persuasion when you were a baby was crying really, really loud hoping to get someone's attention. Well, it worked.

As I watch my daughter grow up, she mixes in a temper tantrum to get our attention. And, much of the time it still works. The point here is that your growing up experiences have a lot to do with the MBT Moja,way you persuade others to purchase your product or services. And, so does your communication.

Since I'm qualified to speak about generational cultures, I want to point out that our persuasion skills are really a product of our habitual ways of thinking that have been passed down from generation to generation. I mimic mom, and she imitated her mother before her. And I taught my daughter how to speak, much like my teachers taught me. I make conscious vocal changes, but I often find myself thinking, "YIKES! I sound like my mom". When it comes to trying to get our way, though our persuasion techniques are very similar to those of our ancestors, the world around those we communicate with has changed dramatically.

When I first learned this, I had a huge Aha! moment. My jaw dropped open, because I began to understand for the first time that some people's skills for persuasion were very outdated. You may be a entrepreneur, manager, parent, teacher or student. Whatever your role, you are trying to MBT Ema communicate messages to those around you and probably doing it much like your family and friends and their ancestors and their ancestors. But consider for a moment how greatly communication with the world has changed.

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