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Blair Warren
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September 14 - September 15, 2018
I have family and friends who say my pursuit borders on obsession. They are wrong. It crossed the line long ago.
Just 27 words. And with these words, we can work miracles.
“Wait a minute. It must not be that ridiculous if it fooled me.”
You will have discovered that the most magical things in life, on and off the stage, are often the result of the correct application of the most basic principles imaginable.
Just as magicians can perform miracles using mundane principles, powerful persuaders shape the world in much the same way.
Not a sentence that one delivers, but a sentence that one remembers. A sentence that can help guide your efforts from beginning to end and in virtually every situation imaginable.
They are the most important because they are simple, they are immediately useful and they can be frighteningly powerful.
They do not tell us not to be afraid. Instead, they work with us until our fear subsides. They present evidence, they offer support, they tell us stories, but they do not tell us how to feel and expect us to feel that way.
Nothing bonds like having a common enemy.
Whether it is another individual, a group, an illness, a setback, a rival philosophy or religion, or what have you, when one is engaged in a struggle, one is looking for others to join him. Those who do become more than friends; they become partners.
Can you imagine how much energy you will free up if you stop focusing on yourself
and put your attention on other people?
Can you even imagine how much more charismatic you will become when you come to be seen as one who can fulfill some of...
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But one thing people rarely resist is someone trying to meet their needs. And when ones needs have been met, a bond is often forged and a natural desire to reciprocate has been created.
the duration of our relationships is nothing compared to the depth of our relationships. And depth is based on the fulfillment of our deepest needs, not on the duration of dialog.
Emerson said, “To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart, is true for all men, that is genius.”
our self views lie at the center of our psychological universe, providing the context for all our knowledge. Should our self-views flounder, we would no longer have a secure basis for understanding and responding to the world.”
“What holds attention determines action.” ~ William James
