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Study Body Language at Home (Course)

Hello,

Are you interested in improving your knowledge of how to really read people and in turn how to act for maximum effectiveness in meetings, at parties or anywhere else?  If so, please click picture below and see if this program fits your needs.  I am a fan of Kevin Hogan and subscribe to his newsletters, and have some of his books.  This guy is the real-deal.  I have learned a lot from him.  Enjoy the body language quiz on his website too!

Reading Body Language - Home Study Program

Are You Susceptible to Other People’s Opinions?

Kevin Hogan has 3 new articles up this week to help your self-development.

1 – Getting Paid for What You Love
2 – Finding Yourself: Whose Life are You Living Anyway?
3 – SOOP – The Big Obstacle of Success (Susceptible to Opinions of Other People)

Interesting stuff. This week only. Click the above title or here:
http://kevinhoganprograms.com/aw.aspx?B=42&A=223&Task=Click
Enjoy!
Coach Ric

Be Assertive without Being a Jerk! (Real Confidence)

A part of being confident is not giving into aggression – yours or anyone’s. We want to stand up for ourselves, but we don’t want to be pushy, be a bully, unreasonable or be perceived as a jerk. Kevin Hogan’s newsletter offered this excellent advice on being assertive without being aggressive:

Do’s and Don’ts of Assertive Behavior

Do:
Use Intelligent Communication
Exude Calm
Use Good Eye Contact
Be Aware of Body Language
Use a Confident Voice

Don’t:
Make Unreasonable Demands
Be Hostile
Use a Haughty Voice or Manner
Belittle the Other Person
Put the Other Person on the Defensive
Build Your Confidence to Become more Assertive

In order to be assertive, you will need to develop confidence in yourself. It is easier if you try to take this one step at a time. Let’s start off by just doing one small step and work from there.

I signed up years ago to receive interesting articles every week, like this one, from a true expert on communication, influence and persuasion.  If interested please check it out below.

Get the latest in persuasion news! Weekly ezine from Kevin Hogan. Yours free when you click here.

Influence: Being Assertive Without Being a Jerk

Every Monday morning I get Kevin Hogan’s excellent free newsletter delivered in my inbox. This expert on persuasion, communication, body language, wealth etc. has many books, ebooks, Cds, DVDs etc. I have a few of his books/programs and I enjoy reading his articles. His homepage currently has a great article “Influence: Being Assertive without Being a Jerk”. Here is a sample:

Assertion simply means, “Hey honey, let’s go see your movie tonight and mine tomorrow night” or vice versa… and it really makes little difference who gets to go “first” because you aren’t four-year-olds….you are 40 and have gray hair…or you will soon.

Aggression is, “Dammit, you never do what I want to do and we are going to my movie tonight missey/mister or I’m outta here.” See, assertiveness training while well-intended can easily become… war college …where you learn to hurt people you love.

Ugh….

All assertion is, is stating what results you’d like to have and the help to get them, while you give help to others on the results they want.

AND

Assert: to state with assurance, confidence, or force; state strongly or positively; affirm. Insist on having one’s opinions and rights recognized.

Aggressive: ready to attack or oppose; quarrelsome. (and that’s just the first part…it gets uglier…like attacking…and so forth.)

As you can see, there is a canyon sized difference. They are on two different planes of behavior.

Interesting right? Enjoy the articles from a real expert as I do. Click the link below to see what he has to offer on his free newsletter, and other products.
Get the latest in persuasion news! Weekly ezine from Kevin Hogan. Yours free when you click here.

Enjoy!

Body Language and Eye Reading Article

Hello,

There is a pretty good article on Body Language and specifically Eye Reading on Kevin Hogan’s weekly newsletter here:

Go to Get the latest in persuasion news! Weekly ezine from Kevin Hogan. Yours free when you click here.

That is his homepage. On the upper left corner you will see his latest weekly articles. The bottom one is what you want to click to, the one called “Body Language: Language of the eyes.” These articles are changed every week, before Monday morning, so if you are interested in Body language, please get to this article soon, before it is taken down.

It is from a guest writer who uses English as a second language, FYI.

Anyway it is an interesting read. Enjoy!

NLP Certification – From Home

Hello,

Recently I have had a couple people email and ask me about NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) certification.
If you google NLP and then your city name, you will get a much more targeted search. Do you want to study live in a group or at home? What is your budget?

For at-home study, here is the link to a course that is 6 dvds plus manual, plus certification (after test): http://store.kevinhogan.com/masteringnlp.aspx?B=6&A=223

Is it the only home-study NLP course? Absolutely not, but I trust the producer both as an expert and as a business man. There is also a bit of a sale going on now too, I gather from the link above.

Here is another website I found that looks good, but I don’t know the cost or the reliability, so buyer beware ok? You can check it out yourself here:
http://www.easynlp.com/?gclid=CMj9oczonJYCFQSwFQodb33g7w

If I can give some advice, I would like to say that anyone interested in NLP should do their homework first and do a bit of background research on NLP, what you think it can do for you, what training courses and certifications are out there for you, and what is a fair price. Some companies will give a certificate fairly fast, but then you have no idea the details of NLP, so what good is that for you? Others want you to study for months and spend lots of money.

Research is the key. Check out a few sites, ask some questions, rely on expert’s opinions (that you know/trust) and then – dive in and enjoy! I certainly am grateful that I learned NLP. I am certified but I am not a master, still, I think it is very useful stuff and my clients seem to enjoy learning about it through my coaching/workshops.

That’s all for now. If any of you out there in “Readerville” have taken a great NLP course and would recommend it, please post a comment here, to share with others.

Ciao 4 now,

Body Language – Is It Really Useful?

“Do you know about body language?”

Ask someone this and they will probably say “oh yes. I should make eye contact but not stare at someone too long, I should not cross my arms because it looks closed, and I should not slouch at meetings, etc.”

Okay, that information EVERYONE knows. But I have to tell you, as a student and teacher of body language, there is a lot more going on than just that. Let me ask you these questions:

Can you tell what is going on with a man and a woman in just one photograph?

Can you predict accurately who is a leader and who is not?

Are you trained to pay attention to things others do not see?

What do you think of Obama and McCain’s body language? Have you thought about what each man is trying to project?

Communication is made up of 2 parts – verbal and non-verbal. Obviously body language falls under the latter. As we learned from the 3 Vs of communication, 55% of all our communication is visual, which is our body language, gestures, attire and accessories. (The other 2 Vs are verbal and vocal, remember?)
If you are interested in improving your ability to read people accurately then I suggest you consider the study of body language.

Today I have a great body language analysis quiz for you! Take a look at these photos of Obama and McCain, Nikky Hilton, Tom Arnold, Bruce Springsteen, Pam Anderson, Sir Richard Branson, and other people and see if you can interpret their relationships and projected messages before reading what the expert, Kevin Hogan, has revealed.

http://kevinhoganprograms.com/aw.aspx?B=17&A=223

I am a big fan of Kevin Hogan. Who is he? He teaches influence, NLP, persuasion, sales, personal performance etc. in addition to body language. He has a great weekly newsletter, lots of books in the bookstore plus several at-home study programs. Click the above link, go down about half-way to find the photos of the famous people, and start reading their body language! Have fun!

That’s it for today. Thank you so much to those of you that responded to my poll regarding our upcoming Toronto workshops. I am planning the next one for October as you read this. I will tell you about it in the next newsletter, and give you a chance to take advantage of an ‘early-bird’ special if you so choose.

Thanks again and have fun with your body language quiz! Here is the link to it again:

http://kevinhoganprograms.com/aw.aspx?B=17&A=223

All the best,

R.P.

PS – Tomorrow I will post some other Kevin Hogan program links to my blog, just in case you are interested to know more about his home-study courses in different areas. I believe he is having a sale right now on some products, when you click through the links.

Bye for now,

Ric