How’s your English? Are you making the right impressions when you speak?
I was excited to see this article appear in today’s Honolulu Star Bulletin about Doug Carlson’s great new book; http://starbulletin.com/2007/05/20/business/story02.html
I was honored to have Doug work with me on E-Mail Etiquette Made Easy. HE AND I had a great time writing that one.
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The first time that I saw Retail Selling Made Easy with a tattered cover, I was horrified and replaced it. I have since come to see it is a “good thing”.
These books are not “museum pieces”, so when I see one like this I now treasure it.

Occasionally I will see one of my books on someone’s bookshelf, and can’t help myself from asking a few questions. I am oftentimes amazed at how little recall there was, and am then embarrassed that I asked. People tend to read a book, put it on the bookshelf, and then say, “I read that”.

While that may be okay for a novel, a self help book requires more. Maybe a second read, or some highlighted sections, or some notes in the white space (I provided a lot of that).
When I got this e-mail below from Rod Newbound in Mount Vernon, Washington, I was deeply touched and asked his permission to share parts of it on this blog. He gladly provided that permission, so here it is:

Dear Ron,

A friend of mine suggested I get your book, Success Made Easy, so I managed to find it in Hawaii and have read almost half.

Your approach is so different from all the mumbo-jumbo out there. I really appreciate it. In front of me on my desk, I have the words, “What can I do right now, this minute, to create more success?” Yesterday, after writing it down on a red note card, I began applying it.
Frankly, I was quite amazed at how my subconscious took over and directed me all day. The ideas just kept flooding out. I could hardly work fast enough to keep up!

I have taken a look at your website, and will be ordering your other books very soon. When you asked what I do, I had no idea our interests were so similar.
Kind regards,

Rod Newbound
Direct Marketing Consultant
Skagit Profit Systems
Mount Vernon, WA
360-707-4158

“All speaking is public speaking whether it’s to one person or a thousand.”
-Roger Love

This quote reminds me that I am not placing enough effort towards selling copies of Public Speaking Made Easy. Pam Chambers sells them by the case loads. I should be doing the same. This is a great book and is written for EVERYONE. If you do not have your copy yet, you can order it in the “Books” section of this site.

Carsten Pedersen runs a $300,000,000 a-year, international company. He told me about something he has been doing as a result of a meeting he had with me in Miami a year ago. He said that he has been handing out copies of Retail Selling Made Easy to hie employees for a couple of years now, and when asking people if they read it, he always got a “Yes” reply.
Following our Miami meeting on “Real Managing” he made a change. Now, before handing out the book he opens it to a random page about 1/2 way through the book, and writes on one of the pages, “As soon as you read this, come see me and pick up $50.” It’s been shocking to him that he hasn’t paid out the $50 even once, although they have all told him that they read the book.
I asked him if he shows the note to them later, and he said, “No, I keep hoping that someday they will come across it.” I suggested that he start putting a “deadline date” on his note so that he could then call their attention to it at a later date, and hopefully impart the intended lesson. He liked that idea a lot. He said, “The more lessons we learn today, the fewer mistakes we make in the future”, and that “it is our responsibility as managers to impart as many lessons as we possibly can.”

I have had so many requests lately for audio books that I went into the recording studio and read Retail Selling Made Easy into the microphone. I was amazed at how much I had forgotten.

Watch for the release of this and my other books in audio format very soon.