The goal of this first section is not to make you look like a real big spender. Rather it is to give you the cachet of a real big Somebody t...
The goal of this first section is not to make you look like a
real big spender. Rather it is to give you the cachet of a real big
Somebody the moment people lay eyes on you. To that end, we
now explore the most important technique to make you look like
a very important person.
When the doctor smacks your knee with that nasty little hammer, your foot jerks forward. Thus the phrase knee-jerk reaction.
Your body has another instinctive reaction. When a big jolt of happiness hits your heart and you feel like a winner, your head jerks
up automatically and you throw your shoulders back. A smile
frames your lips and softens your eyes.
This is the look winners have constantly. They stand with
assurance. They move with confidence. They smile softly with
pride. No doubt about it—good posture symbolizes that you are
a man or woman who is used to being on top.
Obviously millions of mothers sticking their knuckles between their kids’ shoulder blades, and trillions of teachers telling
students, “Stand up straight!” hasn’t done the trick. We are a
nation of slouchers. We need a technique more stern than teachers and more persuasive than parents to make us stand like a
Somebody.
In one profession, perfect posture, perfect equilibrium, perfect balance is not only desirable—it’s a matter of life and death.
One false move, one slump of the shoulders, one hangdog look,
can mean curtains for the high-wire acrobat.
I’ll never forget the first time Mama took me to the circus.
When seven men and women raced into the center ring, the
crowd rose as though they were all joined at the hips. They
cheered with one thunderous voice. Mama pressed her lips against
my ear and reverently whispered these were the Great Wallendas, the only troupe in the world to perform the seven-person
pyramid without a net.
In an instant, the crowd became hushed. Not a cough or a
soda slurp was heard in the big top as Karl and Herman Wallenda
shouted cues in German to their trusting relatives. The family
meticulously and majestically ascended into the position of a
human pyramid. They then balanced precariously on a thin wire
hundreds of feet above the hard dirt with no net between them
and sudden death. The vision was unforgettable.
To me, equally unforgettable was the beauty and grace of the
seven Wallendas racing into the center of the big top to take their
bows. Each perfectly aligned—head high, shoulders back—standing so tall it still didn’t seem like their feet were touching the
ground. Every muscle in their bodies defined pride, success, and
their joy of being alive. (Still!) Here is a visualization technique to
get your body looking like a winner who is in the habit of feeling
that pride, success, and joy of being alive.
real big spender. Rather it is to give you the cachet of a real big
Somebody the moment people lay eyes on you. To that end, we
now explore the most important technique to make you look like
a very important person.
When the doctor smacks your knee with that nasty little hammer, your foot jerks forward. Thus the phrase knee-jerk reaction.
Your body has another instinctive reaction. When a big jolt of happiness hits your heart and you feel like a winner, your head jerks
up automatically and you throw your shoulders back. A smile
frames your lips and softens your eyes.
This is the look winners have constantly. They stand with
assurance. They move with confidence. They smile softly with
pride. No doubt about it—good posture symbolizes that you are
a man or woman who is used to being on top.
Obviously millions of mothers sticking their knuckles between their kids’ shoulder blades, and trillions of teachers telling
students, “Stand up straight!” hasn’t done the trick. We are a
nation of slouchers. We need a technique more stern than teachers and more persuasive than parents to make us stand like a
Somebody.
In one profession, perfect posture, perfect equilibrium, perfect balance is not only desirable—it’s a matter of life and death.
One false move, one slump of the shoulders, one hangdog look,
can mean curtains for the high-wire acrobat.
I’ll never forget the first time Mama took me to the circus.
When seven men and women raced into the center ring, the
crowd rose as though they were all joined at the hips. They
cheered with one thunderous voice. Mama pressed her lips against
my ear and reverently whispered these were the Great Wallendas, the only troupe in the world to perform the seven-person
pyramid without a net.
In an instant, the crowd became hushed. Not a cough or a
soda slurp was heard in the big top as Karl and Herman Wallenda
shouted cues in German to their trusting relatives. The family
meticulously and majestically ascended into the position of a
human pyramid. They then balanced precariously on a thin wire
hundreds of feet above the hard dirt with no net between them
and sudden death. The vision was unforgettable.
To me, equally unforgettable was the beauty and grace of the
seven Wallendas racing into the center of the big top to take their
bows. Each perfectly aligned—head high, shoulders back—standing so tall it still didn’t seem like their feet were touching the
ground. Every muscle in their bodies defined pride, success, and
their joy of being alive. (Still!) Here is a visualization technique to
get your body looking like a winner who is in the habit of feeling
that pride, success, and joy of being alive.
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