Gitomer’s Little Book Bonus Day

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My buddy Jeffrey Gitomer is having another of his ‘Amazon bonus days‘ to promote the release of his latest — “The Little Black Book of Connections.” For one day only (today!) if you buy a copy of the book from Amazon.com and email a copy of your order confirmation to Jeffrey’s office, he provide access to a wealth of bonus material and resources from folks like Jim Canterucci, Scott Ginsberg, Tony Allessandra, Jeff Blackman, Dan Seidman, and many more.

Here’s the tiniest taste of what you’ll find inside Jeffrey’s latest book:
Strategies, Guidelines, and Rules of Connecting
1. Be friendly first, and everything else falls into place.
Friendly breeds likability and trust. People do business with people they like and people they trust. The twin of friendly is smiley. People who smile are 100 times more attractive than people who don’t. Smiling not only sets the tone for others, it’s the reflection you give them about who you are and how you think. How friendly are you? How easy is it for you to make friends?

2. Project your self-image in a way that breeds confidence in others.
Your handshake is an indicator of your self-image. So is your dress. Everything from your hair to your shoes is an indicator of who you are, and what your style may be, or not be. Projected image creates first impressions. And even though first impressions are not always correct, they are the ones that stick in the mind of the other person until corrected. What is the image that you have of yourself? What kind of image do you think you project? Is that image acceptable to those you seek to connect with?

3. Your ability to look someone in the eye as you speak to them is a tell-tale sign of your own self-respect.
Make eye contact. It’s not only a display of confidence, it’s a display of truth and a display of respect for the other person. Do you find it easy to make eye contact? Do you find it a sign of weakness when others do not make eye contact with you?

4. Your consistent positive attitude will breed positive responses and positive results.
Everyone knows it’s important to have a positive attitude. Very few people understand how important a role it plays in the way you communicate and the way you are perceived by others. Without a positive attitude, your words become cynical and slanted. Without a positive attitude, your demeanor becomes borderline or unacceptable. Positive attitude needs to be there all the time, in the background, as fuel to run your engine of life, without toxic emissions. Do you expect to have a positive attitude if you are not doing something positive in the morning every day?

5. No connection is made without some form of risk.
Dare yourself, accept the dare, and take the risk to make the connection. My philosophy of “no risk, no nothing” is most evident in making connections. You can lower your risk tolerance and risk barrier by being prepared, having the self-confidence, and projecting the image to take a short walk out on a thick limb to make the next connection. Have you ever taken a risk and succeeded? Didn’t it seem like less of a risk after the event was over than before you were willing to take it? Ask yourself why you’re avoiding the risk rather than simply making an excuse about it.

If you’d like to read Jeffrey’s complete list of 17.5 Strategies, Guidelines, and Rules of Connecting, you can click this link — or you could just go ahead and buy the book from Amazon.com TODAY, and receive a TON of other great materials (including Jeffrey’s exclusive ebook on LISTENING.)

I already have my copy — how about you?