Tip No. 8: "There
is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept."
-- Ansel Adams, noted American photographer, 1902-1994
Tip No. 219:
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and
looks like work."
-- Thomas A. Edison, American inventor and businessman, 1847-1931
Improve
Communications And
Watch yourself Soar
Developing the ability to speak with
power and passion takes time and effort to master, but it will pay off in big
dividends.
Review strategies to help you improve contacts with customers, colleagues
and family. Today we'll look at the Passive, Harmonious Watcher and the
Analytical, Cautious Thinker. Tomorrow we'll discuss Magic Words and Power
Phrases.
During your next meeting, try to recognize your associates temperament style
and use as many of these words as feasible.
Think Service
Persons with the Passive, Harmonious Watcher
temperament style are
service oriented. They ask "how" questions.
Watchers value appreciation and fear conflict. When presenting to this
buying style use these words: support, service,
family, harmony,
dependable, caring, cooperation and helpful.
Also words like easy, sincere, love, kindness, concern, considerate, gentle
and relationship.
Quality First
The Analytical, Cautious Thinker style of communicators are quality
oriented. They ask "why" questions.
Thinkers value accuracy and fear being viewed as incompetent. When
presenting to this buying style use these words: safe, scientific, proven,
value, learn and guaranteed.
Also try using words like save, bargain, economical, quality, logical,
reliable, accurate, perfect, security, precise and efficient.
--Source: John
Boe presents a wide
variety of motivational and sales-oriented keynote speeches and seminar programs
for sales meetings and conventions. John is a nationally recognized sales
trainer and business motivational speaker.
The Planet of Venus
The Greek god of Venus
Greek gods
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Venus was a major Roman goddess principally
associated with love and beauty, the rough equivalent of the
Greek goddess
Aphrodite. She was considered the ancestor of the
Roman people by way of its legendary founder, Aeneas, and
played a key role in many Roman
religious festivals and mythologies.
Venus' cult began in
Ardea and
Lavinium,
Latium. On
August 18,
293
BC, her oldest-known temple was built, and August 18 became
a festival called the
Vinalia Rustica. On
April 23,
215
BC, a temple was built outside the
Colline gate on the
Capitol dedicated to Venus to commemorate the Roman defeat
at the
Battle of Lake Trasimene.
Venus was commonly associated with the Greek goddess
Aphrodite and the
Etruscan deity
Turan, borrowing aspects from each. Additionally, Venus has
been compared to
Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli in
Aztec mythology,
Kukulcan in
Maya mythology,
Frigg
and
Freya in the
Norse mythos, and
Ushas
in
Vedic religion. Ushas is also linked to Venus by a
Sanskrit epithet ascribed to her, vanas-
("loveliness; longing, desire"), which is
cognate to Venus, suggesting a
Proto-Indo-European link.
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