Wednesday, December 27, 2006

How to build trust and credibility when speaking to others!












Hi Everyone,

As a communicator it's vitally important to speak with credibility. When you have it...90% of the work to convey your message to someone else is done!

Here are a few great ways to build credibility...

1. Know your subject backwards and forwards, inside and out. If someone asks you a question and you do not know the answer 100% - tell them you do not know and get them the answer at another time. OR...send them to someone else.
2. Speak as you normally would. Do not try to be too polished. This comes off as insincere. Does Bill Gates need to take speaking lessons to speak publically about computers?
3. Walk your talk. If you're telling someone they need to do something - make sure you are doing it or have done it in the past.
4. Don't pretend to know everything. Only speak about subjects your qualified to address. Do you really think everyone believes your that smart anyway?
5. Have fun. Remember...enthusiasm is contagious.
6. Talk about positive subjects. In the end...most people you talk to can care less about your personal problems.
7. Lighten up on the gossip. You cannot make yourself taller by ripping down others. Anyone with half-a-brain knows that if you're gossiping about someone to them - you will gossip about them to someone else. Most gossips are losers!
8. Speak your opinion. Most people are corporate yes-men losers. Stand up for yourself and be your own person.
9. Watch the profanities. You will come off as boorish - a philistine at best. What good are they anyway?
10. If you have nothing nice to say about anyone...REFRAIN. It will do you no good - so why bother?

BONUS TIP: Put nothing in an e-mail, voicemail, video, or any written format that can come back and bite you in the behind. Everytime you write/say something in a format that can be recorded or written down - think real hard if you really want it on record.

OK...I just received a phenomenal new DVD camcorder for Christmas and am ready to start the the video blog. Stay tuned for some cool stuff!

Also, I've been real busy over the holidays. That said, I'll be getting my Washington pictures up sometime this week.

Until next time...
Peter
www.peterwink.com

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PPS...My new video blog will open next month! Stay tuned! I can assure you it will be worth the wait! Check it out by clicking here!

PPPS...Watch for the gym pictures! You'll see first-hand what it would be like to work out with me at 5am. My intensity and drive will hopefully inspire you!

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Sunday, December 24, 2006

10 Rules for Living the Good Life!

Hi Everyone,

Thomas Jefferson was both a stellar statesman and a poignant commmunicator!








The following are his famous "10 Rules for Living the Good Life."

1. NEVER put off till tomorrow what you can do today.

2. NEVER trouble another for what you can do yourself.

3. NEVER spend your money before you have it.

4. NEVER buy what you do not want because it is cheap; it will never be dear to you.

5. PRIDE costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.

6. NEVER repent of having eaten too little.

7. NOTHING is troublesome that we do willingly.

8. DON’T let the evils which have never happened cost you pain.

9. ALWAYS take things by their smooth handle.

10. WHEN angry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry, count to one hundred.

I believe in these 10 rules with so much fervor - I've re-designed the original passage and having it framed for my personal office.

You may want to do the same.

Until next time...
Peter
www.peterwink.com

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PPS...My new video blog will open next month! Stay tuned! I can assure you it will be worth the wait! Check it out by clicking here!

PPPS...Watch for the gym pictures! You'll see first-hand what it would be like to work out with me at 5am. My intensity and drive will hopefully inspire you!

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Monday, December 18, 2006

The coolest vacation ever!

Hi Everyone,

I just returned from a terrific life-changing vacation in Washington D.C.!

I'll be posting a new blog about a phenomenal book I just read and updating the photo gallery this weekend. Tons of pictures of me live from Washington D.C. This is a must-see! Nobody gets the cool shots like I do.

Until next time...
Peter
www.peterwink.com

PS...Check out my new online Peterwink.com store by clicking here.

PPS...My new video blog will open next month! Stay tuned! I can assure you it will be worth the wait! Check it out by clicking here!

PPPS...Watch for the gym pictures! You'll see first-hand what it would be like to work out with me at 5am. My intensity and drive will hopefully inspire you!

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Friday, December 08, 2006

Now here's a fun website!

Hi Everyone,

I just came across a website featuring some of ther coolest 80s TV commercials.










There were hundreds of ads for cool items like...
- Stretch Armstrong
- Simon
- Twinkies
- Speak and Spell
- The Clapper
- Coleco Handheld Arcade Games

And more!

It was like taking a trip down memory lane!

Check it out by clicking here!

Until next time...
Peter
www.peterwink.com

PS...Check out my new online Peterwink.com store by clicking here.

PPS...My new video blog will open next month! Stay tuned! I can assure you it will be worth the wait! Check it out by clicking here!

PPPS...Watch for the gym pictures! You'll see first-hand what it would be like to work out with me at 5am. My intensity and drive will hopefully inspire you!

If you like the free articles on this blog or find them helpful, let Peter know by buying him his all-time favorite gift - an Amazon gift certificate. Just click here!