So for the last 6-7 months I have been using Modafinil and Armodafinil and I just want to briefly share my experiences. Lately I’ve switched to Armodafinil which is the more powerful form of Modafinil but for me doesn’t seem to have as many side effects as Modafinil. I’m not going to get into the differences other than Armodafinil lasts longer and is a bit less intense but is more powerful as you only need half the dose. I do however take much more than the recommended dosage as with both you build a tolerance. I do not see too many people taking as high a dose as me so hopefully I am not doing harm to my health. All in all I feel pretty good other than I do get dehydrated and constipated often. I do sometimes lose my train of thought but not in confusion rather it’s more like a short term memory glitch that comes and goes. The weird thing is that my concentration is better when it comes to work and I can keep track of conversations and tasks pretty easily. It’s just I’ve noticed that I will start talking about something and then lose the point or I will open a page on the computer and then have to close it and think about what I was looking for in the first place. My suspicion is that these episodes are mostly due to the fact that I am sleeping less and not eating well or exercising (just had a kid).

As far as productivity is concerned, I do most of my work at night due to the baby and I couldn’t get half the stuff done I need to if I weren’t using Armodafinil. It just plain helps and I can get into the zone of just grinding my work out. You also feel pretty good on the stuff too although that in and of itself is strange since sometimes you kind of get this anxious adrenaline feeling but you feel good at the same time. It’s not like speed but if something startles you I can definitely feel my heart jump faster and beat harder.

The other thing also that I noticed is that with Modafinil I would have periods where I would get angry. I don’t get that with Armodafinil. But with both of them you kind of get these visual hallucinations. It’s more like you see something moving outside the window or out of the corner of your eye. It’s not a full hallucination but it is something that your body reacts to that isn’t there. Once again this could be due to having less sleep. Anyway…I’ll keep you posted. Hopefully I will be transitioning out of one job and into another instead of having to do both and I can cut down the smart drugs and get back to a more healthy lifestyle.  For now though it is helping me make that transition faster for sure.

In the last post we talked about using Reverse Psychology and now I want to talk about another cool thing that I use both in business and everyday conversations. Some people call it Eliciting Their Criteria. We talked about it as being used in a buying context or in how people use it to make decisions and take action. So now let’s look at how to use it in other everyday things like getting a drink at a crowded bar or getting better service at a restaurant.

Now my buddy who lives in Waco showed me this. He actually uses it in his business (www.bestwacotreeservice.com) when he sells his tree service. Basically he said he looks for signs on what someone responds to. When you use it in sales you ask a bunch or questions to get an idea of what your prospect responds to positively and then you match that back to them when you give your presentation.

Anyhow we went out for drinks a few years ago and the places we went to were really crowded. Needless to say I was having a hard time getting the bartenders to take my drink order. Every time it was my turn to get us a drink it seemed like it was taking twice as long as it took my buddy. After like the third time waiting for me he finally said, Jones come with me and I’ll show you how to get the bartenders to notice you.

On the way over to the bar he told me how every person is different and every bartender is different. When the bar is full and they are busy they get into whatever personal work mode they need to, to do their job. In essence they get into their own particular zone and they tend to respond to people based upon what they feel they are most comfortable with. For example he explained, some bartenders respond to people who raise their hands to get noticed, while others it might be someone who yells loudly at them, or it might be someone who stands right in front of them while they’re making the drinks or who stand in some other particular spot. And it may be any combination of these things and more. Read more

Man…so I love this subject. I do different work for various businesses as well as some copy writing and I needed to do a page for a company that does web design and some seo stuff. So in this company they work with people like plumbers, electricians, roofers and such. Anyway the guys they work with get pitched website and seo stuff all the time so they came to me and asked me to write something up as to how they are different.

Now I had to do some digging but I found out the company only works with one company in one market at a time so it doesn’t end up competing with itself and its other clients. Not only is this genius it is also pretty integrous. This was exactly the approach I ended up using and it actually is a pretty common sales technique and just a plain old everyday thing you do with your kids.  Reverse Psychology.

Now what I did was I wrote about how this company seems to do what everyone else does but with a twist. And it’s with that twist that you turn the tables on your prospect and you get them to qualify why you should work with them rather than them deciding to work with you. What I did is say that this company only works with one company at one time in one niche in each marketplace and that each company they decide to work with needs to satisfy certain criteria. The reason is that what this company does is extremely effective and will work but it will only work for one ‘chosen’ company.

I’ve done this in the past personally when I was dating. Usually girls like to make you jump through hoops just to go out with them so I liked to turn the tables. Simply by acting like I could take them or leave them and painting a picture about how women usually misrepresent themselves and how I’m looking for a certain type of girl that qualifies and before I knew it they would be throwing themselves at me.

Remember this, whoever is more willing to walk away is more likely to get the better deal. Or if you like, whoever is more willing to walk away has the power. Check out this youtube video on Reverse Psychology in Sales. It’s pretty cool.

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Finally getting the new website up and rocking here at tera999.com. Looking forward to sharing some exciting things with you all.