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    Your Bad Credit Could Keep You From Being Hired
    Did you know that credit difficulties can stop you dead in your tracks and keep you from being hired? Credit problems will stress you to the max, strain your personal relationships, crush your morale and possibly paralyze you from taking necessary actions in your job search. If that isn't bad enough, it can also stop you from being hired!Here's the reason why: Remember when you signed on the dotted line of the job application? Somewhere in fine print there was a line that gave the employer the right to run a credit check. A bad credit rating has the effect of ending your candidacy for a job with all too many companies as it is an indication of how you handle fiscal responsibilities. Rightly or wrongly, they make the assumption that this is how you might perform as a future employee by acting irresponsibly in many areas of your life, even stealing from the company. This may not seem right or fair but that is the way it is. You bad credit, no matter what the reason, even if the report is in error, can be used against you when you're applying for a job. Don't give a company an extra reason to screen you out.Here's a recruiter's tip that can possibly save you a lot of hassle later on and you should do it early in your job search. In fact, this is something we all s
    My spouse would never let me do this, I have a bad back, or I need to talk this over with my doctor. There is a lower slide at this point. It is nothing like the world famous slide, but your prospect decides to take this inferior slide back down to the ground.

    Let’s say your prospect passed the first slide and is still climbing with you to the top slide. As you approach his dissonance and rubber band are tightening. He could experience the rationalize. He made the commitment to go down, but you are so high off the ground, he is getting nervous. He starts to reach for anything that could get him out of his commitment. He says, this slide is too expensive, I could break my neck, The water park down on the other side of town has better water slides. There happens to be another smaller water slide and your prospect takes that one to the ground.

    Wait, let’s say your prospect has by passed all forms of dissonance and it heading for the world best, tallest slide. Could it be true? Is he going to take the plunge? Congratulations, you passed as a persuader. Your prospect says, Let’s looks great, I trust you, Let’s do it. He takes the slide and when he meets up with you he says, I was a little nervous, the slide was great. Thanks for convincing me to do it.

    Case Study – What laws should you use to Counter each form of Dissonance reduction?

    Denial
    Connectivity
    Trust
    Legitimate Power

    Reframe
    Involvement
    Inoculation
    Authority Power

    Search
    Social Validation
    Scarcity
    Obligation

    Separation
    Verbal Packaging
    Association
    Inspiration/Desperation

    Rationa

    Sponsoring Tips For Your Network Marketing Business
    You're not out to recruit the world.Not everyone is a good candidate for network marketing, and fewer still have the desire and ambition to build a profitable network marketing business themselves. To improve your chances of becoming successful in your own network marketing business, you'll need to know what to look for in prospects who come to you. This is by no means a comprehensive guide for a network marketing sponsor, but rather a guideline to follow when prospecting.Sponsor people you love, respect, admire and would want to be associated with.Every great leader forms a 'mastermind group' of like-minded people to associate with. When you choose wisely and focus on those you'd want to have a business relationship with and those who you hold in high esteem, your network marketing business tends to run smoothly and efficiently.Sponsor people who are on your Attitude level and above.Having a positive attitude is essential. Prospects who are generally negative or do not possess an overall positive outlook on life will rarely become successful through network marketing. This is a people-oriented business, and the attitude of those you bring into your network marketing business needs to be up to par - not onl
    Your prospect has seen your product/service and needs it, wants it and can afford it. He is wearing a badge that says convince me. He is right on the edge and his rubber band is tight, but he always blames someone else for his inability to make a decision. Dissonance will seal the deal!

    When we feel cognitive dissonance, we have to find a way to deal with the psychological tension. We have an arsenal of tools at our disposal to help us return to cognitive consistency.

    * Denial--To shut out the dissonance, you deny there is a problem. You do this either by ignoring or demeaning the source of the information. You might also deliberately misperceive the confronting position.

    * Reframe--You change your understanding or interpretation of the meaning. This leads you to either modify your own thinking or devalue the importance of the whole matter, considering it unimportant altogether.

    * Search--You are determined to find a flaw in the other side's position, to discredit the source, and to seek social or evidentiary support for your own viewpoint. You might attempt to convince the source (if available) of his error.

    * Separation--You separate the attitudes that are in conflict. This compartmentalizes your cognitions, making it easier for you to ignore or even forget the discrepancy. In your mind, what happens in one area of your life (or someone else's) should not affect the other areas of your life. (Blame)

    * Rationalization--You find excuses for why the inconsistency is acceptable. You change your expectations or try to alter what really happened. You also find reasons to justify your behavior or your opinions.

    * Modify--You change your existing cognitions to achieve consistency. Most of the time this involves admitting you were wrong and making changes to remedy your errors.

    Let’s use a waterslide for an example of how your prospect is using dissonance to not purchase your product/service. Remember the closer you get to seal the deal the tighter the rubber band or dissonance becomes. The fear of making a mistake, buying the wrong product, or getting misled, all tighten the rubber band. Just like the slide. The higher they go up, the fear increases with the distance from the ground. Let’s say you want to persuade someone to go down the largest waterslide in the world. It is the highest, the fastest and even does a 360. You know people will love this thrill ride, once you can get them to take it. Just looking at this slide scares people - like buying the wrong product.

    This first thing to do is to get them into the doors of your water park. How can you get them just to drive down and enter the water park? The 2 biggest factors are Social Validation and Involvement. (Review if needed)

    Your prospect is now in the park and walking towards the slide and sees the height and 360. There is a little fear, just like the normal buying process. That fear is now triggering some dissonance and he is looking for things that might give him a reason to back out. This could be the 3 R’s of Resistance or the 5 C’s of Trust. (Review below if needed)

    Character - Integrity, Honesty, Sincerity
    Competence - Knowledge, Intelligence, Ability
    Confidence - Assurance, Belief, Conviction
    Credibility - Truthful, History, Experience
    Congruence. - Consistency, Harmony, Words Match Your Actions

    For additional information on Sliding Sales, go to Magnetic Persuasion and kick start your success!

    Do you want to know why your prospects aren’t buying from you? There are three R’s or three things you need to understand if people walk out that door and don’t purchase from you. Most people are wearing a badge that says convince me, help me make a good decision. They need and want help. They want to be confident in making the right choice. That is what a great persuader does.

    Reason
    Interest
    Need
    Want
    WIIFM

    Resources
    Time
    Money
    Support
    Ability

    Rep
    Trust
    Rapport
    Style
    Pitfall

    If you violate any of the C’s of Trust of the R’s of Resistance, you have lost the sale and they will no longer follow you to the top of the waterslide. You have told them this would be the greatest, most incredible ride they will ever experience. Those emotions are starting to subside and all they see is the height of the waterslide and the screams of the patrons going down the waterslide. Let’s take each form of dissonance resolution, using the waterslide example.

    As they approach the stairs and the impending task ahead starts to become reality. Just like the impending event of having to make a decision about your product/service. The prospect starts to go up the stairs, but has not made a decision to buy or go down the slide. This first phase they could go through denial. Usually with denial, the prospect does not give you the real reason for leaving. Your prospect decides to go back down the stairs. He could say, I forgot something, I have a meeting, or you could hear this is a scam or I don’t trust/like you.

    Let’s say your prospect is continuing up the stairs to the worlds tallest water slide. They still have not mentally made the decision to go down the slide. They are checking it out. There could a reframe. Most times with a reframe the prospect will spout of issues that you already covered, but they choose to reinterpret. He could say, this is not safe, there is no guarantee, I need more facts, or this does not fit my needs. Your prospects got nervous and tense as he approached the final decision or the water slide. He chooses to take the elevator down.

    Let’s say you prospect is still climbing the stairs with you. Again he still has not made the decision to go down the slide. He is getting closer and the rubber band is tightening. You could find the Search function of dissonance. He could say, I need to think about it, I need to talk to my friends, I need to read consumer reports. He stops off half way to the top, says good bye and stays at the mid way restaurant. He starts talking to the patrons of the restaurant. The first nine say it is the greatest thing he could ever do and they highly recommended it. Then the 10th person said, that slide is not safe, I did not like it and I will never do it again. That’s all it took, your prospect is gone. Even though it was a 10-1 ratio, your prospect will rely on the one bad review.

    OK, your prospect is still climbing the stairs with you and saying, I am going to do this. I am nervous, but I think it will be fun. Even though you have the commitment, the tension is still there. Your prospect could run into the Separate function of dissonance. They know they made the commitment to go down the slide so they start the blame game. My spouse would never let me do this, I have a bad back, or I need to talk this over with my doctor. There is a lower slide at this point. It is nothing like the world famous slide, but your prospect decides to take this inferior slide back down to the ground.

    Let’s say your prospect passed the first slide and is still climbing with you to the top slide. As you approach his dissonance and rubber band are tightening. He could experience the rationalize. He made the commitment to go down, but you are so high off the ground, he is getting nervous. He starts to reach for anything that could get him out of his commitment. He says, this slide is too expensive, I could break my neck, The water park down on the other side of town has better water slides. There happens to be another smaller water slide and your prospect takes that one to the ground.

    Wait, let’s say your prospect has by passed all forms of dissonance and it heading for the world best, tallest slide. Could it be true? Is he going to take the plunge? Congratulations, you passed as a persuader. Your prospect says, Let’s looks great, I trust you, Let’s do it. He takes the slide and when he meets up with you he says, I was a little nervous, the slide was great. Thanks for convincing me to do it.

    Case Study – What laws should you use to Counter each form of Dissonance reduction?

    Denial
    Connectivity
    Trust
    Legitimate Power

    Reframe
    Involvement
    Inoculation
    Authority Power

    Search
    Social Validation
    Scarcity
    Obligation

    Separation
    Verbal Packaging
    Association
    Inspiration/Desperation

    Rationa

    Microsoft Great Plains RM: Receivables Management
    Microsoft Business Solutions Great Plains is marketed for mid-size companies as well as Navision (which has very good positions in Europe and emerging markets where it can be easily localized).Great Plains Receivables Management (RM) module lets you maintain tight control over Accounts Receivable with capabilities that help you track invoices, process receipts, and analyze customer activity, so you can manage sales made on account more effectively and yet maintain lower overhead costs.Manage your sales process more effectively by measuring trends and analyzing performance with comprehensive customer tracking combined with sales tracking by person or territory. RM also helps reduce administrative costs and enhance office productivity with automated receipt processing and posting and personalized statement cycles that fit your customers and business.Features: • Extensive Drill-Down – Cross-module drill-down capabilities give you the ability to locate the exact details you need. • Comprehensive Customer Information – Streamline your customer information with customer categories for consistent record maintenance and comprehensive data, including addresses, shipping methods, default purchase accounts, and user-defined informati
    ncy. Most of the time this involves admitting you were wrong and making changes to remedy your errors.

    Let’s use a waterslide for an example of how your prospect is using dissonance to not purchase your product/service. Remember the closer you get to seal the deal the tighter the rubber band or dissonance becomes. The fear of making a mistake, buying the wrong product, or getting misled, all tighten the rubber band. Just like the slide. The higher they go up, the fear increases with the distance from the ground. Let’s say you want to persuade someone to go down the largest waterslide in the world. It is the highest, the fastest and even does a 360. You know people will love this thrill ride, once you can get them to take it. Just looking at this slide scares people - like buying the wrong product.

    This first thing to do is to get them into the doors of your water park. How can you get them just to drive down and enter the water park? The 2 biggest factors are Social Validation and Involvement. (Review if needed)

    Your prospect is now in the park and walking towards the slide and sees the height and 360. There is a little fear, just like the normal buying process. That fear is now triggering some dissonance and he is looking for things that might give him a reason to back out. This could be the 3 R’s of Resistance or the 5 C’s of Trust. (Review below if needed)

    Character - Integrity, Honesty, Sincerity
    Competence - Knowledge, Intelligence, Ability
    Confidence - Assurance, Belief, Conviction
    Credibility - Truthful, History, Experience
    Congruence. - Consistency, Harmony, Words Match Your Actions

    For additional information on Sliding Sales, go to Magnetic Persuasion and kick start your success!

    Do you want to know why your prospects aren’t buying from you? There are three R’s or three things you need to understand if people walk out that door and don’t purchase from you. Most people are wearing a badge that says convince me, help me make a good decision. They need and want help. They want to be confident in making the right choice. That is what a great persuader does.

    Reason
    Interest
    Need
    Want
    WIIFM

    Resources
    Time
    Money
    Support
    Ability

    Rep
    Trust
    Rapport
    Style
    Pitfall

    If you violate any of the C’s of Trust of the R’s of Resistance, you have lost the sale and they will no longer follow you to the top of the waterslide. You have told them this would be the greatest, most incredible ride they will ever experience. Those emotions are starting to subside and all they see is the height of the waterslide and the screams of the patrons going down the waterslide. Let’s take each form of dissonance resolution, using the waterslide example.

    As they approach the stairs and the impending task ahead starts to become reality. Just like the impending event of having to make a decision about your product/service. The prospect starts to go up the stairs, but has not made a decision to buy or go down the slide. This first phase they could go through denial. Usually with denial, the prospect does not give you the real reason for leaving. Your prospect decides to go back down the stairs. He could say, I forgot something, I have a meeting, or you could hear this is a scam or I don’t trust/like you.

    Let’s say your prospect is continuing up the stairs to the worlds tallest water slide. They still have not mentally made the decision to go down the slide. They are checking it out. There could a reframe. Most times with a reframe the prospect will spout of issues that you already covered, but they choose to reinterpret. He could say, this is not safe, there is no guarantee, I need more facts, or this does not fit my needs. Your prospects got nervous and tense as he approached the final decision or the water slide. He chooses to take the elevator down.

    Let’s say you prospect is still climbing the stairs with you. Again he still has not made the decision to go down the slide. He is getting closer and the rubber band is tightening. You could find the Search function of dissonance. He could say, I need to think about it, I need to talk to my friends, I need to read consumer reports. He stops off half way to the top, says good bye and stays at the mid way restaurant. He starts talking to the patrons of the restaurant. The first nine say it is the greatest thing he could ever do and they highly recommended it. Then the 10th person said, that slide is not safe, I did not like it and I will never do it again. That’s all it took, your prospect is gone. Even though it was a 10-1 ratio, your prospect will rely on the one bad review.

    OK, your prospect is still climbing the stairs with you and saying, I am going to do this. I am nervous, but I think it will be fun. Even though you have the commitment, the tension is still there. Your prospect could run into the Separate function of dissonance. They know they made the commitment to go down the slide so they start the blame game. My spouse would never let me do this, I have a bad back, or I need to talk this over with my doctor. There is a lower slide at this point. It is nothing like the world famous slide, but your prospect decides to take this inferior slide back down to the ground.

    Let’s say your prospect passed the first slide and is still climbing with you to the top slide. As you approach his dissonance and rubber band are tightening. He could experience the rationalize. He made the commitment to go down, but you are so high off the ground, he is getting nervous. He starts to reach for anything that could get him out of his commitment. He says, this slide is too expensive, I could break my neck, The water park down on the other side of town has better water slides. There happens to be another smaller water slide and your prospect takes that one to the ground.

    Wait, let’s say your prospect has by passed all forms of dissonance and it heading for the world best, tallest slide. Could it be true? Is he going to take the plunge? Congratulations, you passed as a persuader. Your prospect says, Let’s looks great, I trust you, Let’s do it. He takes the slide and when he meets up with you he says, I was a little nervous, the slide was great. Thanks for convincing me to do it.

    Case Study – What laws should you use to Counter each form of Dissonance reduction?

    Denial
    Connectivity
    Trust
    Legitimate Power

    Reframe
    Involvement
    Inoculation
    Authority Power

    Search
    Social Validation
    Scarcity
    Obligation

    Separation
    Verbal Packaging
    Association
    Inspiration/Desperation

    Rationa

    Payroll Texas, Unique Aspects of Texas Payroll Law and Practice
    There is no personal state income tax in Texas. Which means no withholding of State Income Taxes.The Texas State Agency charged with enforcing the state wage and hour laws is:The Texas Workforce Commission 101 East 15th St. Austin, Texas 78778-0001 512-837-9559 www.twc.state.tx.us/Except for taxes and student loans there are no garnishments in Texas. No creditor other than the IRS or one of the student loan collection agencies can take money out of your paycheck without your permission.The agency that collects and pays unemployment benefits is the Texas Workforce Commission. Its main office is in Austin, Texas. Their address is:Texas Workforce Commission 101 East 15th Street Austin, Texas 78778-0001 512-837-9559 www.twc.state.tx.us/The unemployment rate varies based on your company’s experience but the initial rate starts at 2.7% on the first 9000.00 of wages paid to an employee in the state.There is no requirement in Texas for a company to carry Workers Compensation Insurance. Texas is the only state where it is not required.Texas now allows mandatory imposition of Direct Deposit. The employer just cannot choose the financial institution the employee has the
    prewealth.com/mistakestoavoid/" target="_blank">Magnetic Persuasion and kick start your success!

    Do you want to know why your prospects aren’t buying from you? There are three R’s or three things you need to understand if people walk out that door and don’t purchase from you. Most people are wearing a badge that says convince me, help me make a good decision. They need and want help. They want to be confident in making the right choice. That is what a great persuader does.

    Reason
    Interest
    Need
    Want
    WIIFM

    Resources
    Time
    Money
    Support
    Ability

    Rep
    Trust
    Rapport
    Style
    Pitfall

    If you violate any of the C’s of Trust of the R’s of Resistance, you have lost the sale and they will no longer follow you to the top of the waterslide. You have told them this would be the greatest, most incredible ride they will ever experience. Those emotions are starting to subside and all they see is the height of the waterslide and the screams of the patrons going down the waterslide. Let’s take each form of dissonance resolution, using the waterslide example.

    As they approach the stairs and the impending task ahead starts to become reality. Just like the impending event of having to make a decision about your product/service. The prospect starts to go up the stairs, but has not made a decision to buy or go down the slide. This first phase they could go through denial. Usually with denial, the prospect does not give you the real reason for leaving. Your prospect decides to go back down the stairs. He could say, I forgot something, I have a meeting, or you could hear this is a scam or I don’t trust/like you.

    Let’s say your prospect is continuing up the stairs to the worlds tallest water slide. They still have not mentally made the decision to go down the slide. They are checking it out. There could a reframe. Most times with a reframe the prospect will spout of issues that you already covered, but they choose to reinterpret. He could say, this is not safe, there is no guarantee, I need more facts, or this does not fit my needs. Your prospects got nervous and tense as he approached the final decision or the water slide. He chooses to take the elevator down.

    Let’s say you prospect is still climbing the stairs with you. Again he still has not made the decision to go down the slide. He is getting closer and the rubber band is tightening. You could find the Search function of dissonance. He could say, I need to think about it, I need to talk to my friends, I need to read consumer reports. He stops off half way to the top, says good bye and stays at the mid way restaurant. He starts talking to the patrons of the restaurant. The first nine say it is the greatest thing he could ever do and they highly recommended it. Then the 10th person said, that slide is not safe, I did not like it and I will never do it again. That’s all it took, your prospect is gone. Even though it was a 10-1 ratio, your prospect will rely on the one bad review.

    OK, your prospect is still climbing the stairs with you and saying, I am going to do this. I am nervous, but I think it will be fun. Even though you have the commitment, the tension is still there. Your prospect could run into the Separate function of dissonance. They know they made the commitment to go down the slide so they start the blame game. My spouse would never let me do this, I have a bad back, or I need to talk this over with my doctor. There is a lower slide at this point. It is nothing like the world famous slide, but your prospect decides to take this inferior slide back down to the ground.

    Let’s say your prospect passed the first slide and is still climbing with you to the top slide. As you approach his dissonance and rubber band are tightening. He could experience the rationalize. He made the commitment to go down, but you are so high off the ground, he is getting nervous. He starts to reach for anything that could get him out of his commitment. He says, this slide is too expensive, I could break my neck, The water park down on the other side of town has better water slides. There happens to be another smaller water slide and your prospect takes that one to the ground.

    Wait, let’s say your prospect has by passed all forms of dissonance and it heading for the world best, tallest slide. Could it be true? Is he going to take the plunge? Congratulations, you passed as a persuader. Your prospect says, Let’s looks great, I trust you, Let’s do it. He takes the slide and when he meets up with you he says, I was a little nervous, the slide was great. Thanks for convincing me to do it.

    Case Study – What laws should you use to Counter each form of Dissonance reduction?

    Denial
    Connectivity
    Trust
    Legitimate Power

    Reframe
    Involvement
    Inoculation
    Authority Power

    Search
    Social Validation
    Scarcity
    Obligation

    Separation
    Verbal Packaging
    Association
    Inspiration/Desperation

    Rationa

    Marketing: Verbal Legibility: 3 Secrets to Leaving An Understandable Message
    After my third attempt to de-code the phone number from my voice mail … I gave up. Seems Frank Janson … Johnson … Jorson or something like that from some company in Mauzoula or Missouri wants me to call him back. His number is 636-6 something, four, 36 or maybe it’s 3 zero then 6, 8 then something. Whatever! Point is, I’m not calling him back. And if he ever does get a hold of me, I’ll be less than enthusiastic about dealing with him since he’s already wasted my time and caused me a fair amount of frustration by leaving a message I can’t understand. He has what I call a Verbal Legibility factor of zero.Where I come from, the whole point of leaving a phone number is to make it easy for people to call you back. But too often, the person leaving the message is too bored, tired, lazy or in a hurry to put a cohesive, understandable sentence together. Or they try to be cute with the way they say 55 triple 4 oh 2. Is that 50 then 5 or is it 55? And by the way, it’s a zero not an "oh".If effectiveness suffers because of speed, laziness or boredom, then the time you spend leaving the message is wasted, as is the time of the person for whom you left the message. It doesn't matter what your job or walk of life is — phone calls sales, management, civil servant, CSR— if yo
    on’t trust/like you.

    Let’s say your prospect is continuing up the stairs to the worlds tallest water slide. They still have not mentally made the decision to go down the slide. They are checking it out. There could a reframe. Most times with a reframe the prospect will spout of issues that you already covered, but they choose to reinterpret. He could say, this is not safe, there is no guarantee, I need more facts, or this does not fit my needs. Your prospects got nervous and tense as he approached the final decision or the water slide. He chooses to take the elevator down.

    Let’s say you prospect is still climbing the stairs with you. Again he still has not made the decision to go down the slide. He is getting closer and the rubber band is tightening. You could find the Search function of dissonance. He could say, I need to think about it, I need to talk to my friends, I need to read consumer reports. He stops off half way to the top, says good bye and stays at the mid way restaurant. He starts talking to the patrons of the restaurant. The first nine say it is the greatest thing he could ever do and they highly recommended it. Then the 10th person said, that slide is not safe, I did not like it and I will never do it again. That’s all it took, your prospect is gone. Even though it was a 10-1 ratio, your prospect will rely on the one bad review.

    OK, your prospect is still climbing the stairs with you and saying, I am going to do this. I am nervous, but I think it will be fun. Even though you have the commitment, the tension is still there. Your prospect could run into the Separate function of dissonance. They know they made the commitment to go down the slide so they start the blame game. My spouse would never let me do this, I have a bad back, or I need to talk this over with my doctor. There is a lower slide at this point. It is nothing like the world famous slide, but your prospect decides to take this inferior slide back down to the ground.

    Let’s say your prospect passed the first slide and is still climbing with you to the top slide. As you approach his dissonance and rubber band are tightening. He could experience the rationalize. He made the commitment to go down, but you are so high off the ground, he is getting nervous. He starts to reach for anything that could get him out of his commitment. He says, this slide is too expensive, I could break my neck, The water park down on the other side of town has better water slides. There happens to be another smaller water slide and your prospect takes that one to the ground.

    Wait, let’s say your prospect has by passed all forms of dissonance and it heading for the world best, tallest slide. Could it be true? Is he going to take the plunge? Congratulations, you passed as a persuader. Your prospect says, Let’s looks great, I trust you, Let’s do it. He takes the slide and when he meets up with you he says, I was a little nervous, the slide was great. Thanks for convincing me to do it.

    Case Study – What laws should you use to Counter each form of Dissonance reduction?

    Denial
    Connectivity
    Trust
    Legitimate Power

    Reframe
    Involvement
    Inoculation
    Authority Power

    Search
    Social Validation
    Scarcity
    Obligation

    Separation
    Verbal Packaging
    Association
    Inspiration/Desperation

    Rationa

    Customer Service and Conservative Political Conversations
    Small Business Owners are some of the greatest Americans in our land and no one can debate that. They work harder than everyone else, do what they say they are going to do and get the job done for all the rest of us; God Bless the Small Business men and women of this great nation. Of course even with that said, we also find that most small businesses are amongst the most opinionated as well. In fact sometimes their opinions get them into trouble with customers of different opinions. Why is this you ask?Well, it is simple really, you see Small Business Owners have to battle the bureaucracy, read tape and all the insanity of ridiculous rules and regulations. They have to pay lots of taxes and have their hands tied often due to incessant lawsuits and the threat of litigation. And after years of battling all this they tend to see things from a reality based perspective, while their customers are living a less enlightened life and have no experience with any of these sorts of things.Perhaps this is why small business owners are generally conservatives or libertarians and do not live in the LA LA Land of Liberals. Nevertheless. Often good Customer Service and Conservative Political Conversations do not mix and most business owners are forced to bite their tongues rathe
    My spouse would never let me do this, I have a bad back, or I need to talk this over with my doctor. There is a lower slide at this point. It is nothing like the world famous slide, but your prospect decides to take this inferior slide back down to the ground.

    Let’s say your prospect passed the first slide and is still climbing with you to the top slide. As you approach his dissonance and rubber band are tightening. He could experience the rationalize. He made the commitment to go down, but you are so high off the ground, he is getting nervous. He starts to reach for anything that could get him out of his commitment. He says, this slide is too expensive, I could break my neck, The water park down on the other side of town has better water slides. There happens to be another smaller water slide and your prospect takes that one to the ground.

    Wait, let’s say your prospect has by passed all forms of dissonance and it heading for the world best, tallest slide. Could it be true? Is he going to take the plunge? Congratulations, you passed as a persuader. Your prospect says, Let’s looks great, I trust you, Let’s do it. He takes the slide and when he meets up with you he says, I was a little nervous, the slide was great. Thanks for convincing me to do it.

    Case Study – What laws should you use to Counter each form of Dissonance reduction?

    Denial
    Connectivity
    Trust
    Legitimate Power

    Reframe
    Involvement
    Inoculation
    Authority Power

    Search
    Social Validation
    Scarcity
    Obligation

    Separation
    Verbal Packaging
    Association
    Inspiration/Desperation

    Rationalize
    Contrast
    Passion
    Vision

    Modify (help keep the deal)
    Expectations
    Esteem
    Empathy

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    Conclusion

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