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Using The 12 Rules of Wow to Turn Your Passion Into Profit
By Walt F.J. Goodridge
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PROLOGUE: The only way to take control of your life, raise your
standard of living and move beyond merely surviving is to create your own
unique product or service that you offer to increasing numbers of people in
exchange for the things of value that you desire. This simple formula
applies to countries as well as people. A self-sufficient economy has
its own products or services of value to export to the world. Similarly,
a self-sufficient individual has something of value to exchange in the
global marketplace. That thing of value is based on your natural
talent, skill, or interest-in other words, your passion!
With that preamble in mind, let's take the discussion of turning your
passion into profit a bit further. In a previous article, I mentioned
the reasons why you need to become a passionpreneur. Now, let's explore
how you'll make that happen.
Imagine that you possessed the power to create reality. What if you had
the undisputed ability to make things go your way 100 percent of the
time? Well, you do. Such a power exists and it's contained within
something I call your Wow Factor.
Simply put, your Wow Factor is something you are, something you do, or
something you have that makes the world go wow! The Wow Factor is the
key to success because that “Wow” is the prelude to every action. Things
start to happen only after Wow. Whether silently or aloud, “wow!” is
how people respond when impressed by something they see, hear or feel. A
thought, a comment, or an action of some sort is an automatic and
necessary occurrence after a Wow.
Think about it. A man, impressed enough with the desirability of a
woman he sees, will follow through with some action to win her affection. A
fan, impressed enough by the talent of his favorite performer or sports
figure, will follow through with the purchase of recordings, tickets,
merchandise, memorabilia or souvenirs of some sort to capture the
performance or essence of his idol.
Regardless of your social status, income, occupation, type and place of
residence, or educational level, your Wow Factor can help you to
achieve, acquire and cultivate phenomenal success in any area of your life.
Your mission, to be a successful passionpreneur, is to harness the
power of your Wow Factor to sell your unique product or service to
increasing numbers of people.
The 12 Rules of Wow (From The Tao of Wow; ISBN 09629202)
In order to use the Wow Factor for business success, you'll need to
know and apply the 12 Rules of Wow. They are proven techniques based on
the understanding of basic human nature and people's responses to each
other. You can be assured that success in any business endeavor is based
on one or more of the following rules. Once you understand the
psychology underlying them, you too can use them to impress and grow rich in
your life!
1. Better always impresses
Competition is the basis of our society. Those who can run faster,
deliver quicker, jump higher and sell cheaper will outperform those who
cannot. However, a true “Wow Master”-to use a term in the Tao of Wow-does
not compete. He or she merely recognizes and exploits the power of the
inherent differences to create the Wow Response.
2. Consistency and completion impress
It's a fact that most people don't have what it takes to get a job
done. Therefore, if you build a reputation of doing what you say you'll do,
and doing it consistently, you'll automatically create a Wow Response
in the minds of others.
3. Beauty always impresses
In our increasingly materialistic society, that which is pleasing to
the eye is accorded more attention. Use this to your advantage when you
present yourself and your product to the world.
4. The new and unusual impress
Great wealth has been created selling old things to new customers, and
new things to old customers. Marketing experts know that a thing only
has to be 10 percent different from something else to perceived of as
radically innovative. Therefore, there's great wealth right in your own
backyard repackaging ideas so they appear new, and reselling them to old
customers!
5. Unexpected accomplishments always impress
The deaf or blind who perform music, the physically handicapped who
participate in sports, the elderly who climb mountains, the very young who
perform as virtuosos, are all examples of people exceeding expectations
to create a Wow Response.
6. Intelligence impresses
We're living in a society that values athletic prowess and beauty over
academic proficiency. Therefore, those who nurture their mental
abilities, will possess the ability to wow. Read, write, speak, add and
subtract well, and combine it with the ability to think critically about the
world around you, and you will wow the world. There's Wow in wisdom!
7. The invisibly obvious impresses
Have you ever seen a new product on the market, and found yourself
exclaiming, “Why didn't I think of that?!” The best inventions always
create that response, and their appeal is almost always intuitively obvious
to us...once we see it!
8. Success impresses
When attempting to become successful, one must live from the feeling of
the wish fulfilled. In other words, because success only visits the
familiar, you must become success before success will be coming to you.
Walk, talk, think and act the part, and the world will have no choice but
to confer prizes and honors to match their perception of you. Then use
all the awards, and prizes to impress the world even more!
9. Power impresses
The greatest power is not political power, but the personal power that
people refer to as charm. Many of the world's successful people rely on
the strength of their personal charm to make the world go wow!
Remember, people will elevate you to the level of your own self-image. Your
charm, your wit, your words, your wisdom, and how you wield them, is in
direct proportion to your self-image. That, and all the qualities of a
pleasing personality, attract others into your life and make the world go
wow!
10. Creativity/talent always impresses
We all have a creative spark within us. Do you paint, write or sing?
Whatever your talent, discovering, developing and sharing your special
gift is the surest way to impress the world.
11. The praise of others impresses
People will trust in, and be more impressed by what others say about
you much more than what you say about yourself.
12. Passion impresses
There is something that you, and you alone were put here to do. There
are activities that thrill you when you do them, and for which the doing
is its own reward. That is your passion. Find it, share it with the
world, and share it with passion! For it is the depth of your enthusiasm
about a thing that will enroll others in your dream. Great leaders move
the masses not just with words, but with the strength of their inner
conviction of their beliefs. Whatever your interests, people are always
impressed by passion!
These 12 Rules of Wow, practiced in all areas of your life, allow you
to create the path for all good things to come to you. Any success you
will ever achieve will come as the result of some action taken by
yourself or by others in response to you. Therefore, if you know how to
control the world's Wow, you will control your own success!
AND REMEMBER: "If you create and market a product or service through a
business that is in alignment with your personality, capitalizes on
your history, incorporates your experiences, harnesses your talents,
optimizes your strengths, complements your weaknesses, honors your life's
purpose, and moves you towards the conquest of your own fears, there is
ABSOLUTELY NO WAY that anyone in this or any other universe can offer
the same value that you do!" - Walt Goodridge,
For more about uncovering and maximizing your Wow Factor, check out The
Tao of Wow, companion text to Turn Your Passion Into Profit, both
available at www.PassionProfit.com
The foregoing contains excerpts from Turn Your Passion Into Profit by
career coach Walt F.J. Goodridge (The Passion Prophet) . Find out more
about Walt's Passion Profit Philosophy and Formula, the Passion
Discovery Exercises, take a Passion Personality Test, and order the paperback
or immediately-downloadable ebook online at www.passionprofit.com
Walt F.J. Goodridge is author of 12 books including Turn Your Passion
Into Profit. Walt offers coaching and workshops to help people pursue
and profit from their passions. To learn more, about the Passion Profit
philosophy and formula visit www.passionprofit.com
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about this article to walt@passionprofit.com
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