| f you are ready to start winning in the dating | | | | one out of every ten "pitches" results in a sale. |
| world, follow this simple strategy for success: | | | | Lesson 6: Confidence = success |
| Lesson 1: First Impressions | | | | The number one quality both men and women |
| They are immediate, long lasting, and usually | | | | seek in a date or a mate is confidence. |
| permanent. Regardless of how great you are, and | | | | Confidence is also the key attribute that all |
| no matter how sweet you can be once someone | | | | professional salesmen must possess in order to |
| gets to know you, the reality is, your dating | | | | be successful. People do not buy products or |
| success will be based almost entirely upon the | | | | services from someone who has no confidence in |
| other person's initial sense of who and what you | | | | themselves or the products they represent. |
| are. | | | | Lesson 7: Establish a goal |
| Lesson 2: If you want the part, look the part | | | | A confident person is one with a plan and a goal. |
| Statistics show that how we appear speaks more | | | | What's yours? |
| about us, and is more important, than what we | | | | Lesson 8: Know your target market and give |
| sayverbally. | | | | them what they want |
| Lesson 3: Act the part | | | | Understand to whom you are trying to sell |
| It is a fact that in our personal affairs, as in all our | | | | yourself and what they are interested inbuying. |
| business dealings, we sell ourselves first. Poor | | | | Lesson 9: Analyze the competition and do things |
| attitude, image, and behavior will adversely affect | | | | better than they do |
| your dating success, just as it will negatively | | | | Just as you would study a competitor in business |
| affect your success in business. | | | | or a rival sports team, study your dating |
| Lesson 4: Be the part. | | | | competition if you want to win! |
| The initial impression you make on a prospective | | | | Lesson 10: Take action and follow through |
| date predicts whether she (or he) will take the | | | | Deal with your fear of rejection. Stop investing |
| time to get to know you. Dating, as well as | | | | your energy and self-worth in outcomes. Instead |
| business, is all about sales. You must think of | | | | ofthinking of 'misses' as 'failures,' think of them as |
| yourself as aproduct and the person you want to | | | | 'practice shots'. Dating is a process. Stop placing |
| date as the buyer. | | | | so much importance on what the person you are |
| Lesson 5: Dating is about sales and sales is a | | | | interested in thinks of you. After all, you don't |
| numbers game | | | | know if you would even like them once you get |
| If you want to multiply your success immediately | | | | to know them, do you? |
| in dating (or just about anything else),learn, | | | | Set small goals and accomplish them, one by one. |
| understand, and embrace the concept behind "the | | | | Get passionate about your goals and your life. |
| numbers game." Accept and follow these tenets: | | | | Enthusiasm is contagious, if you are excited about |
| | | | your life, people will be excited about being with |
| 1. You are a product | | | | you. |
| 2. You are the product's salesperson, its packager, | | | | Dress for success. Always put your best foot |
| and its advertiser. | | | | forward And don't forget to perfect your sales |
| 3. The person you're trying to attract is your | | | | pitch. If you keep doing the same thing, you will |
| customer. They make theirbuying decisions based | | | | keep getting the same result. |
| upon presentation, packaging, and advertising. | | | | Lesson 10: Live as if there may be no tomorrow |
| 4. The world's best salespeople don't have a 100 | | | | Realize there are no guarantees, no dress |
| percent sales rate, a 75percent rate, a 50 | | | | rehearsals, and (usually) no second chances. Make |
| percent or even a 25 percent rate. The world's | | | | each day "your day," one in which you did all that |
| bestsalespeople are lucky to maintain a 10 | | | | you could do. |
| percent sales rate and countthemselves lucky if | | | | |