Today’s tip: One word you should never use in your everyday life is “wait!”
I heard this on a Mark Joyner interview years ago, before he retired from internet marketing and got into Simpleology. I think Mike Chen was interviewing him. Remember Mike Chen? Yeah, I know, most of you don’t, but anyway.
No one in Mark Joyner’s office was allowed to use the word “wait” … because waiting describes inaction. I know what you’re thinking. all Mark’s employees would substitute another word for “wait!” And you’d be right.
But at least when you’re about to say the word “wait” … you stop for a second. I’m not allowed to use that word! And then your brain takes a second to think about WHY you’re trying to wait in the first place.
You’d be surprised if you looked at what people did who you DON’T want to model. For example, the people who send me the most support requests or ask questions a couple minutes after booking a Vegas Recording Studio. Use specific words in their language.
The most common I’ve noticed the word “work.” This script doesn’t “work” … the system in this e-book didn’t “work” for me. For them, it’s all or nothing. Either it “worked” or it didn’t.
And then subconsciously they’re thinking of the other definition of “work” … having to labor away at something. They put in all this WORK… and the script didn’t even WORK!
Instead, turn it into something positive. Instead of the script didn’t work, say. I followed this step and that step, and here’s what happened. What ELSE should I try?
Also, I never complain. My girlfriend is a fantastic person, but she has low confidence and low productivity in Las Vegas. And she is always depressed or stressed out, and I know typical chick. But she complains about a lot of things, and I know that helps.
So once you’ve removed the word “wait” from your vocabulary… try to remove complaining. It’s easy. If you have something negative to say, end that statement with something positive.
For example, a complaint would be: “There was terrible traffic on the drive home today.”
But a non-complaint (something with a positive outcome) is: “There was traffic on the drive home today, But I found a great Las Vegas Recording Studio.”
Happy thoughts.
