Praise!

Today I spoke with a friend of mine that recently moved into a new apartment and she was happy to report that a method that I shared with her had worked ‘a charm’.

I learned this method from one of my audios and have found it to work just about every time I have used it and it is all about praise.

When you want something to work out to your benefit in any area of your life before you approach that situation you must praise the person you will be dealing with.

If you are at work and about to deal with a difficult person, praise that person mentally before you even speak with them. If you have a problem with a company, praise that company and the person that is representing the company before you call or go into the business. If you want to buy something and want great service or a bargain, praise the salesperson. Whatever opportunity to have to praise someone, do so, before you even start to interact with him or her. You will be amazed by your results.

So what constitutes praise? Mentally thanking the universe for sending you such a pleasant, helpful person to bend over backward to make you happy. Being grateful that the company has such great integrity and wonderful representatives that make your life so much easier. That sort of thing.

My friend, praised her landlord, who has a reputation for not wanting to invest any money in his properties even when there are necessary repairs required. But she praised him mentally before she called him and she also praised him verbally during their conversation by pointing out that he is a man who understands the long term benefits of rental properties that are well maintained. She told him that she was happy to live in one of his apartments because he is a great landlord. Yes, he was flattered but what she was doing was creating in him a desire to be the man she was admiring. People do that, they try to live up to the image they see that you have for them. The only caveat is that you must not step too far out of the zone, don’t say things that you know are lies but all the same create a space for them to fill that elevates them.

Give this the thirty day test and you will see it really works. And oh yeah, the repairs that her apartment needs? He has already scheduled the work to be done.