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Fake It Till You Make It -
The Short Cut to Success
By Will Edwards
If you would like to achieve success really quickly - in any
field of endeavor - you might consider taking a little short
cut which is known in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
as ‘modeling’.
To make use of this technique, what you need to do is to
first think of someone you know who is already achieving
the success you are after. Just try to do that now - see if
you can think of someone who fits the bill; someone who
is already successful doing the very activity you need to
improve.
Once you have identified your ‘model’, you need to analyze
exactly what it is that person is actually doing to produce the
results.
Once you know what your model is actually doing, you can
work on doing the same things and, by the law of cause and
effect, you can also produce the same results.
The modeling approach is sometimes referred to as ‘fake it
till you make it’ but there is nothing fake about it. You are
simply using a scientific approach to the analysis of methods.
Here are some specific things for you to look out for:
Use of Vocabulary
Professional Image
Body Language including Posture
Attitudes & Beliefs
Mannerisms including Smiling
Use of Voice including Tone
Once you have identified how your model is making use of the above things, you simply step into that person’s shoes. Give your next presentation ‘as if’ you actually were that person; attend your next meeting ‘as if’ you were that person; write your next email ‘as if’ you were that person - and so on.
This approach is something like extending the idea of creating and using a stage-persona - something that great performers have used to good effect for thousands of years. The creation of that winning persona is simply easier if you can imagine a real person who has the attributes you seek.
You will be simply amazed that it is possible to begin producing results almost immediately with this technique - and don’t worry, nobody will know what you are doing. You will not be recognized as a poor impersonation: instead, you will be attributed as having the personality, energy and charisma of the person you are modeling.
Eventually, those new behaviors - the ones that are producing the results - will sink deep into your own personality you will change fro the better. So ultimately, you will not need to ‘fake it’ because you will become the genuine article.
Will Edwards is a published author and Founder of White Dove Books - the internet's leading resource for Personal Development. Get completely free Self Improvement eBooks here ... Free Personal Development Resources http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/index.htm#scope5
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Will_Edwards
The Short Cut to Success
By Will Edwards
If you would like to achieve success really quickly - in any
field of endeavor - you might consider taking a little short
cut which is known in NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)
as ‘modeling’.
To make use of this technique, what you need to do is to
first think of someone you know who is already achieving
the success you are after. Just try to do that now - see if
you can think of someone who fits the bill; someone who
is already successful doing the very activity you need to
improve.
Once you have identified your ‘model’, you need to analyze
exactly what it is that person is actually doing to produce the
results.
Once you know what your model is actually doing, you can
work on doing the same things and, by the law of cause and
effect, you can also produce the same results.
The modeling approach is sometimes referred to as ‘fake it
till you make it’ but there is nothing fake about it. You are
simply using a scientific approach to the analysis of methods.
Here are some specific things for you to look out for:
Use of Vocabulary
Professional Image
Body Language including Posture
Attitudes & Beliefs
Mannerisms including Smiling
Use of Voice including Tone
Once you have identified how your model is making use of the above things, you simply step into that person’s shoes. Give your next presentation ‘as if’ you actually were that person; attend your next meeting ‘as if’ you were that person; write your next email ‘as if’ you were that person - and so on.
This approach is something like extending the idea of creating and using a stage-persona - something that great performers have used to good effect for thousands of years. The creation of that winning persona is simply easier if you can imagine a real person who has the attributes you seek.
You will be simply amazed that it is possible to begin producing results almost immediately with this technique - and don’t worry, nobody will know what you are doing. You will not be recognized as a poor impersonation: instead, you will be attributed as having the personality, energy and charisma of the person you are modeling.
Eventually, those new behaviors - the ones that are producing the results - will sink deep into your own personality you will change fro the better. So ultimately, you will not need to ‘fake it’ because you will become the genuine article.
Will Edwards is a published author and Founder of White Dove Books - the internet's leading resource for Personal Development. Get completely free Self Improvement eBooks here ... Free Personal Development Resources http://www.whitedovebooks.co.uk/index.htm#scope5
Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Will_Edwards
"The creation
of a winning persona is simply easier if you can imagine a real person who has the attributes
you seek"
of a winning persona is simply easier if you can imagine a real person who has the attributes
you seek"
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