5 Shocking Truth to be Successful in Influence!

Being influ­en­tial is not just about the tech­niques.  We can learn tech­niques any­where.  We can get it on the inter­net, from the books, from con­ver­sa­tion with peo­ple, col­leagues, bosses, etc.  At a deeper level, being influ­en­tial works on sim­ple prin­ci­ples that is sim­i­lar to being an effec­tive per­son.  We are reveal­ing 5 shock­ing truths about influ­en­tial peo­ple and how you can apply them in your daily life to be a bet­ter person!

1. If you do what you have always done, you will always get what you have always got! – Yes, this is true.  You will always get what­ever you will when you do the same thing over and over again.  If you want some­thing big­ger and bet­ter or being more suc­cess­ful, you need to break out from your usual cycle!
2. Every­one has his or hers own unique map of the world – To change it, you need to first under­stand it – This is taken from NLP.  Each of us has our way of think­ing and life expe­ri­ence.  To influ­ence some­one, we need to know their men­tal model.  We need to know why cer­tain things are impor­tant to them and through that we can address them accord­ingly when we want to influ­ence them.
3. You already have most of the resources you need to influ­ence peo­ple – You are all of the resources.  You need not read all the books on influ­ence and nego­ti­a­tion to get you influ­en­tial.  What you need to do is prac­tice and prac­tice.  Prac­tice makes per­fect.  Sharp­en­ing your influ­enc­ing skill in every ses­sion.  You can shape the way you per­ceive things.  It all starts from you!
4. If some­one else can do some­thing, you can learn from the person’s suc­cess – You just need to model their skills – Do not rein­vent the wheel.  Peo­ple are suc­cess because they have a model that is effec­tive and work­ing already!  Learn from them.  Emu­late the best prac­tices from them that work well for you.
5. The mean­ing of your com­mu­ni­ca­tion is the response you get – There are no fail­ures, only out­comes – Yes there are no fail­ures, only out­comes.  What­ever response you give, what­ever deci­sion you make will only gen­er­ate out­come.  There­fore, it’s wise to always think of what you desire to achieve and work towards that, instead of blam­ing on your­self or any­body for being the point of failure.

This is taken from the book, The Influ­en­tial Fundrais­ers authored by Bernard Ross and Clare Segal.  This book has con­tent tar­geted to fundrais­ers as the title describes.  How­ever, the applic­a­bil­ity of the tech­niques can be used on all aspects of influ­ence and nego­ti­a­tion.  That is even to influ­ence your col­leagues and boss to a deci­sion or influ­ence a customer’s sales deci­sion.  Be sure of what your col­leagues are bas­ing on in decid­ing and you will def­i­nitely be able to influ­ence them more easily.

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