Power vs. Force: Use OutcomeThinking® to Unleash Your Personal Power!

Outcome Thinking® Webinar Series
Power vs. Force: Use Outcome Thinking® to Unleash Your Personal Power!

You will learn:
1. To unleash your best, highest and most authentic self
2. How to fully step into your inner power and magnificence
3. To create a high frequency vibration and calibration

We will share with you how to tap in to your personal power with Outcome Thinking®.

Join us for this engaging webinar to unlock your personal power.

Take 30 seconds to RSVP for this “NO-COST WEBINAR” on Thursday May 6 at 1:00 cst.

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A Snapshot of Brillance: What's Yours?

If you are a photographer and you want to grow your business, how do you do it?

Most likely you thought of the typical marketing ideas of advertising, tweeting, or maybe even blogging on how to ensure you get great pictures. All of those are good ideas but I saw one the other day that was absolutely brilliant in its simplicity.

My girlfriend had pictures of her son taken. When she picked up her pictures the photographer handed her 100 business cards that had on the front- the photographers website and phone number as well as a picture of my friend's baby, the back was a full picture of my friend's baby crawling.

There are six reasons this is brilliant:

1. Allows parents to pass out pictures of their child without buying extra expensive prints.
2. They are small and easy to carry around
3. Friends are likely to keep the card as it has a picture of the friend's baby on it. Hence better chance they will call down the road.
4. Every person who gets a card feels it is "customized" and relevant to them because the picture on it is someone they know. Thus the card suddenly has "character."
5. The parents are proud to hand them out because it has their child's picture on it
6. It eliminates the "who took these pictures" attempt at referrals and promotes the photographer without a word spoken

Now you have feel good energy around the handing out of the cards as well as the receiving of the card.

Looking at this example, ask what you can do in your business to generate this same goodwill. What can you do that clients will hold on to? What can you do that clients will want to distribute for you?

Now I realize not all our businesses lend toward the cute idea this photographer has done but I would bet if you think on it, you can come up with something equally as brilliant. So what have you done that has made you or your business stand out?

More on creating a positive impression by Anne Warfield

When is Right Wrong?

I am a fan of the show Bones. I love watching the completely analytical mind of Bones going up against the "feel it in your gut" thinking of Booth.

In last night's show Booth did a background check on his brother's girlfriend. Why? Because he believes his brother often doesn't think through his decisions well so Booth wanted to make sure this woman was good for his brother. He felt he was right in what he did.

Bones, trying to get him to see the error in his thinking said a classical line, "I don't know if you were wrong, but I fail to see the point of being right."

Take a moment to re-read that line.  It is profound in its simplicity.  Many times being wrong or right is not the point.  The outcome you are going after can often be totally lost because you are focusing on whether you are wrong or right (an either/or thinking) versus focusing on the outcome (an "and" thinking).

For your OT Journal, go back and look at how many times you go for being "right" versus going for the outcome.  Now thinking about that, what would you need to change in your thinking to get to the outcome versus being right? How would that have impacted the situation?

If you don't have an OT Journal, email us at contact@imp.us.com and put "Blog OT Journal Intentions" in the email and we will send you a free downloadable journal.

Anne Warfield

New Webinar: How to Use Outcome Thinking® to Increase YOUR Luck!

You will learn:
1. the four things lucky people do
2. how to persevere in achieving goals
3. what steps to take to attract good luck

We will share with you how to tap in to and access the greatest power you have using Outcome Thinking®. You will see what changes you need to put in place to make sure that you accomplish what you want in 2010.

Join us for this introspective and engaging webinar to get your key to unlock your luck.

Take 30 seconds to RSVP for this “NO-COST WEBINAR” on Thursday March 4 at 1:00 cst.

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Outcome Thinking & Intentions

Yesterday I did a Webinar on the The Scientific Proof behind the Hocus Pocus of Thoughts and Intentions. If you weren't able to tune in, you can go purchase a copy on the website. Here I am going to tie activities and things y0u can do to expand your thinking and analyze the impact your thoughts have on meetings, discussions and your daily life. This will allow you to make your own conclusion.

You may also wish to get your hands on our Outcome Thinking & Intentions journal. Just email us at contact@imp.us.com and put Blog OT Journal in the subject line and we will send you a free downloadable journal.

In studying the impact your thoughts have on actual situations I had you start writing down what your THOUGHTS are and then what results you saw happen. This is important because there is tremendous power in what is not said. Matter-of-fact, in some people this comes out in expressive body language that tells you what they are thinking but not saying.

If you want to stop giving away tell-tell signs you need to first learn to manage your thinking. That is one of the beauties of Outcome Thinking- it shows you how to flip your brain so you automatically starting going to the offense side of thinking rather than the defense side of thinking.

So between now and my next blog, I just want you to observe your thoughts and what happens. Blog back and let us know what you thought and what happened. You will be your own Intention Experiment.

My first test on this was rather simple. I said I was going to change my "parking Karma." In my family we used to joke that I always ended up with the crappy parking spaces. So I simply started to say that I would get a front row spot. The amazing thing is that in 6 months I have only had ONE parking spot that wasn't front row! Every time I land a front row spot and no, I am not circling the parking ramp waiting for a spot. I drive in confidently thinking, "where is my front open spot?" and then there it is!

If you have a co-worker you are having trouble with try to just send positive thoughts about that person out and see how it changes their interaction with you.

Anne Warfield

Learn the Scientific Proof to the Hocus Pocus About Thoughts & Intentions!

What is the link between intention, crime and muscles?


Can you alone, impact change in your department, your company?

We will share with you how to tap in to and access the greatest power you have using Outcome Thinking®.


You will see what changes you need to put in place to make sure that you accomplish what you want in 2010.


Join us for this introspective and engaging webinar to get your key to unlock your opportunities.





Take 30 seconds to RSVP for this “NO-COST WEBINAR” on Thursday January 21 at 1:00 cst.



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When Big Isn't Big Enough

Picture your drive way with 80,000 rubber squids dropped on the driveway by a delivery truck the size of Kentucky. How would you move them all?

Let me introduce you to Steve Spangler a science aficionado. He loves to share the fun of science with teachers and kids around the world. He creates experiments that explode and makes science an art to be explored. Check him out at stevespanglerscience.com.

Steve is a good example of how thinking small but pushed to big gets awesome results. See Steve decided to create some small rubber squids for his science activity SQUIDYtm. He set about to get a mold made and when told he had to buy in quantity, he agreed. For after all, how hard could it be to sell 500 of them?

What he didn't expect was 80,000 of them dropped at his driveway with a $20,000 price tag to be paid in 30 days.

This "error" forced Steve to think far bigger than he originally planned. Today his experiments are in 1,000 stores and over 20,000 educational catalogs worldwide.

All because Steve couldn't "afford" to sit on this quantity. He needed to make money fast so he could pay the $20,000 invoice.

When do you think too small? In what ways are you trying to play it safe and be in the 500 quantity range rather than in the 80,000 Oh-my-gosh-what-are-we-going-to-do range?

Live large rather than just playing safe!

Anne Warfield
More on becoming innovative by Anne Warfield

How to Flip Your Brain from Defense to Offense!

Is there a way to train your brain to say the right thing at the right time every time?

If you have ever put your foot in your mouth or stood with a wide eyed look because you don’t know what to say next, then you will want to tune in.

You will learn why your brain does what it does and how to unleash the full power of you.

The brain is your most powerful instrument yet ironically it is actually designed with communication to work against you rather than for you…unless you know the secret switch to power it up in a dramatically new way.

Join us for this enlightening webinar designed to help you flip your brain to the offense.

Take 30 seconds to RSVP for this “NO-COST WEBINAR” on Thursday November 19 at 1:00 cst.

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The Banana Principle

What is the Banana Principle, take a moment to watch.....

Anne Warfield

Doom and Gloom or Chance to Advance?

Your brain has a tiny region called the Basal Ganglia that loves to repeat negative messages over and over. It is your panic center. For many people, that region of the brain is running rampant now as they look at the economy and think, "doom and gloom."

Here is the rub- when that part of your brain kicks in it SHUTS DOWN your part of the brain that is your executive reasoning. It actually stops you from being creative, calm and thinking through things logically.

So, if you believe the doom and gloom, then it will become a self-fulfilling prophecy for you. You will look for ways to protect, defend, and stop losses. What you won't do is look for gains, ways to explode and ways to create big wins.

So be rational, realistic and opportunistic during these times. For these are the times that define who we are and what we can become!

Anne Warfield

Creating a Recession Proof Career

Yesterday I had a client ask me how they should handle relationships in the office as the company reorganized. Last week Yahoo let go thousands of people and today there is talk that Citigroup may let 20,000 people go. It is scary times.

Yet it can also be exhilirating times. These are the times that cause great differentiation in people, opportunities and companies. Distinguish yourself in the workplace is one of the hardest things people find to do. When you focus on typical techniques of bragging, grand standing or looking out for "numero one," an environment is created that deteriorates trust, creates silos, and destroys teamwork.

So I don't teach people how to do that in our seminars. What we show is how to excelorate your thinking so that you stand out as a key asset or glue in the organization. People start to see you as a critical piece of the overall mission and a connector to other vital pieces. You are able to move people to a 5th dimension of thinking so the team stops operating at a low "safety" level and starts moving at a more strategic level.

Even job interviewing is something you can do using this skill and not brag, boast or come across as conceited. You will see this yourself when you get your hands on the Outcome Focus Interviewing System. People are scared by all the loss of jobs out there. The reality is that if you think at a high enough level you can create opportunties that don't exist today. It begs you to ask are opportunties random or are they created by our energy, thought, and skills?

During a reorg I find the entire teams energy gets focused on who will be let go, what changes will happen and how will they affect me? Because all the energy is directed here the team stagnates, the effectiveness plummets and pretty soon management is thinking they were right to reorg the group since it was ineffective. Which came first the cause or the effect?

The reality is that if you use Outcome Thinking you will continually reinvent your assets as a group, challenge on how to add value to the company and REINVENT your group to be better and stronger as a TEAM then it was before.

So where will you put your energies today? On scarcity and protecting what is your turf or on abundance and building a new level of thinking and energy in your organization. Set backs are just that- a minor step back so you can redirect to a higher level.

Anne Warfield, http://www.impressionmanagement.com/

Setting the Stage for Results

Jim is an artist. As an artist his booth at a show has to create a feeling that draws people in, matches his art work, and creates the right ambiance for buying. When it came time to create just the right booth, Jim headed to Home Depot to get assistance on some carpeting for the booth. He explained that he had a booth, it would have lots of traffic and that he needed carpet to fit the booth.

Of course the sales person approached it, trying to help him find the best looking, most durable carpet that would stand up to lots of traffic and packing. Jim and Lois became more frustrated as they looked at ugly and uglier swatches of carpet. Finally, Lois stepped back and shared, not ony the vision of the booth, but also who the clients were that buy Jim's paintings, what feeling they wanted to create and what uniqueness they were after.

She watched the Home Depot guy's eyes light up. He told them to wait right here while he went in the back and dug around. Viola! Out he came with the perfect carpet!

So what possessed him to go in the back room and dig up carpet that wasn't even on the floor? What changed in the fifteen minutes they stood talking with him?

In the first scenario, Jim explained to the sales guy what he needed the carpet for in functional terms. This caused the sales guy to focus on the features of the carpet such as durability, functionality, and ease of packing.

Lois described to the sales guy the emotional side of the carpet- what mood it had to set, how it had to match Jim's creativity, how it had to align with the buying experience. All of this led the sales guy to think in bigger terms. As soon as he got the big picture, he was able to offer a solution that didn't even exist for today as the carpet wasn't even available on the selling floor!

Ask yourself, do you describe things to people in functional terms? Or do you give them the entire big picture so they can see the vision and play in that vision?

People can do extraordinary things when their thinking is stretched to its full capacity. Stretch your thinking today!

Anne Warfield, www.impressionmanagement.com

Why Traditional Communication Often Backfires

Outcome Thinking is about the ability to listen, hear and speak in a direct but nonjudgmental way. It means being able to think positively about why people might do what they do.

In reading Ask Amy this weekend I found a great example of how traditional thinking can cause you to think and do things that can cause you big problems down the line.

In today's blog I will just use one of the situations to illustrate the difference between traditional thinking and Outcome Thinking.

Here is the situation: Wondering wrote in that for the second Christmas in a row her late husband's niece and family have sent a card to her addressed on the computerized label to both her late husband (he died in 2006) and her. She states that they don't have a very close relationship, but have maintained contact for over 60 years. She says she felt very bad when no one from the niece's family came to the husband's memorial stating that "geographical distances are not great."

Wondering wants to know how she should handle the problem with the label being addressed to both her and her dead husband.

Here is the traditional thinking response from Ask Amy, as you read it think about how you would feel if you received this,: "you should enclose the outer evenlope from their card- the one containg the address label-and send it to this family, along with a note saying, 'I notice that you haven't updated your address files to allow for Gerald's death. I have to admit, it makes me sad each year to receive a card addressed to the two of us, knowing that he is no longer here to enjoy the holidays with me. I enjoy hearing from you, but I hope you can correct this for next year."

Ouch, as you can see the above statement has a lot of judgment. "I hope you can correct this" implies that you may or may not have the ability and it implies that you knowingly did this. There is also the burden that you have made her sad by sending her a card (meant to be cheery) but that you put on the wrong label. This type of reply, if sent, can lead the recipient to thinking about how they at least sent a card and trying to justify their good intents.

Let's skip all that and believe in the good intents all around. Think about how you would feel if you received this reply instead, "Having lost Gerald in 2006 it does my heart good to be remembered by you at the special times such as Christmas. The holidays are ones that can be the hardest on me so it means a lot to receive a card from you. Since I realize how computerized things are today, I thought you might like to know, so you could remove it for next year, that your address label still has Gerald's name on it as well as mine. I hope all is well with all of you and look forward to our keeping in touch."

Review all of your replies to people and make sure they are clear on the good intent.

Anne Warfield, www.impressionmanagement.com