10 Powerful Advantage Hacks That Will Make You
More Successful Starting Right Now
Brian Vaszily
AdvantageHacks.com Founder
AdvantageHacks.com Founder
How to Be Successful in Life: 10 Powerful Life Hacks
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Perhaps more than any other factor, applying the Advantage Hacks that you’ll discover here at AdvantageHacks.com – and that you get a delicious “sampling” of with the 10 short but powerful hacks below -- can:
And IMPORTANT: Learning these Advantage Hacks also enables you to avoid others using them to gain an unfair advantage over you. They’re using many of them against you every day and benefitting from it big-time, which you’ll increasingly realize over time as we reveal them to you here at AdvantageHacks.com.
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Perhaps more than any other factor, applying the Advantage Hacks that you’ll discover here at AdvantageHacks.com – and that you get a delicious “sampling” of with the 10 short but powerful hacks below -- can:
- Make your business that one out of 10,000 success
- Land you your dream career
- Lead you to the wealth you deserve no less than others who already have it
- Lead you to the successful relationships you deserve no less than others who have them
- Enable you to surround yourself with the finest things life has to offer
- Enable you to live better and yes, even longer
And IMPORTANT: Learning these Advantage Hacks also enables you to avoid others using them to gain an unfair advantage over you. They’re using many of them against you every day and benefitting from it big-time, which you’ll increasingly realize over time as we reveal them to you here at AdvantageHacks.com.
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- The one big signal to watch for that strongly suggests someone is attracted to you.
- What to do if you have to meet with someone you don't like (and you don't want them to figure out you don't like them!)
- How and where to touch someone -- even strangers -- to create a strong and fast emotional bond with them.
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1) For More Success, Do Some High-Adrenaline Activity
with a Potential Customer, or Potential Lover.
with a Potential Customer, or Potential Lover.
To be more successful at turning potential customers into customers -- or getting a date or anyone to say YES to a commitment or action you hope they'll take -- do something with them that provides an adrenaline rush.
Hit the driving range or batting cages with them. Go on a rollercoaster ride together. Hit the casino with them. Go indoor skydiving, or real skydiving, or play a few games of whack-a-mole together.
Think of anything exhilarating and try to do it with them.
Even watching a good scary movie can work (which is why taking dates to horror films is an ages-old tradition.)
People who experience an adrenaline rush together are far more likely to form a fast and close bond. And that bond leads to a far more likely YES from them, whether it’s them parting with their cash for your products or services, or them parting their… well, at least their lips for a kiss.
WATCH OUT: For others using this strategy against you. If you’re heading out with someone who wants to sell you on something, or get into your pants, opt for low-adrenaline, relaxed situations with them. You’re more likely to make rational decisions and avoid that “Why-DID-I-Do-That?” guilt the next day.
Hit the driving range or batting cages with them. Go on a rollercoaster ride together. Hit the casino with them. Go indoor skydiving, or real skydiving, or play a few games of whack-a-mole together.
Think of anything exhilarating and try to do it with them.
Even watching a good scary movie can work (which is why taking dates to horror films is an ages-old tradition.)
People who experience an adrenaline rush together are far more likely to form a fast and close bond. And that bond leads to a far more likely YES from them, whether it’s them parting with their cash for your products or services, or them parting their… well, at least their lips for a kiss.
WATCH OUT: For others using this strategy against you. If you’re heading out with someone who wants to sell you on something, or get into your pants, opt for low-adrenaline, relaxed situations with them. You’re more likely to make rational decisions and avoid that “Why-DID-I-Do-That?” guilt the next day.
2) Sit Next to the Boss, the Aggressor,
the "Power Person," Especially on Their Bad Days.
the "Power Person," Especially on Their Bad Days.
It’s unfair, but fair ain’t got nuthin’ to do with it: proximity matters.
So when you’re in a situation where a group of people will be sitting together – in business meetings, in the baseball dugout, etc. -- and one of them is the leader or otherwise has the most power and prestige, try to sit next to that person. Especially on days and in situations where that leader may be “on the hunt” or in a bad mood.
Because if you’re sitting right next to the leader, he or she is far less likely to verbally attack you, target you for something negative, or otherwise be confrontational with you.
That’s because they literally feel closer to you; people are far less likely to demonstrate aggression to someone so physically close and out of their direct line of sight. (In fact, they’re often most supportive of those closest to them, unless they’re a giant asshole, or those closest to them are.)
So when you’re in a situation where a group of people will be sitting together – in business meetings, in the baseball dugout, etc. -- and one of them is the leader or otherwise has the most power and prestige, try to sit next to that person. Especially on days and in situations where that leader may be “on the hunt” or in a bad mood.
Because if you’re sitting right next to the leader, he or she is far less likely to verbally attack you, target you for something negative, or otherwise be confrontational with you.
That’s because they literally feel closer to you; people are far less likely to demonstrate aggression to someone so physically close and out of their direct line of sight. (In fact, they’re often most supportive of those closest to them, unless they’re a giant asshole, or those closest to them are.)
3) If You Want Someone to Take a Big Action for You,
Ask Them to Take a Small Action First
Ask Them to Take a Small Action First
If you want to succeed at having someone take a "big" action on your behalf -- buying something big from you, doing you a big favor, etc. -- employ the "foot-in-the-door" strategy. The principle is pretty simple:
When someone buys a small widget from you first, they’re far more likely to buy a bigger widget from you. Then a bigger widget still.
When someone does a small favor for you, such as loan you two dollars, they’re far more likely to then do a big favor for you, such as loan you two hundred dollars.
This works so well because people's brains have an inherent drive to be right. Their brains liked and trusted you enough to do the one small thing, and they must be right in that like and trust, and therefore they should like and trust you enough to do the next bigger thing. And maybe even the next bigger thing after that.
Car dealerships love it when you take a test drive in a vehicle for this very reason. You’ve made the small, free, easy commitment to take the car for a spin. Nine times out of ten the test drive goes fine, and you tell yourself – and sometimes tell the salesman – that it went well. Now you’ve committed to your own brain that you like it, making the next step of committing to “talking about purchasing” the vehicle much easier for the salesman. And so forth up the scale of commitments, till you’re dishing out twice as much as you intended to pay for a car.
Consider where you can use this in your business, career, and life. Where might you be asking too much too soon of others? What can you offer that’s a small commitment from others, and how can you scale up to the big commitment you really seek from there?
When someone buys a small widget from you first, they’re far more likely to buy a bigger widget from you. Then a bigger widget still.
When someone does a small favor for you, such as loan you two dollars, they’re far more likely to then do a big favor for you, such as loan you two hundred dollars.
This works so well because people's brains have an inherent drive to be right. Their brains liked and trusted you enough to do the one small thing, and they must be right in that like and trust, and therefore they should like and trust you enough to do the next bigger thing. And maybe even the next bigger thing after that.
Car dealerships love it when you take a test drive in a vehicle for this very reason. You’ve made the small, free, easy commitment to take the car for a spin. Nine times out of ten the test drive goes fine, and you tell yourself – and sometimes tell the salesman – that it went well. Now you’ve committed to your own brain that you like it, making the next step of committing to “talking about purchasing” the vehicle much easier for the salesman. And so forth up the scale of commitments, till you’re dishing out twice as much as you intended to pay for a car.
Consider where you can use this in your business, career, and life. Where might you be asking too much too soon of others? What can you offer that’s a small commitment from others, and how can you scale up to the big commitment you really seek from there?
4) Who Do People Look at When They Laugh?
Because It Reveals a Lot.
Because It Reveals a Lot.
Say you are a relative stranger amongst a group of people who are more familiar with one another. Maybe in a meeting, at a convention, at a party, or at a bar.
Want to know who the most powerful person in the group is?
Want to know who is sleeping with who, or wishes they were?
Then when there is laughter amongst the group, watch who people look at first and most when they laugh.
The person getting the first looks during group laughter is typically the leader (and those getting glanced at second are typically the #2s).
And if someone is attracted to someone else in that group, that person will usually first look at that person they are attracted to when there is group laughter.
CHECK YOURSELF: Want to know where you really stand among your workmates or any group of people? Want to know if someone amongst that group may be attracted to you? Watch for who looks at you when there is group laughter, and if you are looked at first, second, not at all, etc
Want to know who the most powerful person in the group is?
Want to know who is sleeping with who, or wishes they were?
Then when there is laughter amongst the group, watch who people look at first and most when they laugh.
The person getting the first looks during group laughter is typically the leader (and those getting glanced at second are typically the #2s).
And if someone is attracted to someone else in that group, that person will usually first look at that person they are attracted to when there is group laughter.
CHECK YOURSELF: Want to know where you really stand among your workmates or any group of people? Want to know if someone amongst that group may be attracted to you? Watch for who looks at you when there is group laughter, and if you are looked at first, second, not at all, etc
5) For More Success, Get It Clean and Organized,
Because Life Isn't.
Because Life Isn't.
Most people feel like they have far too much disorder and cacophony and ugliness and loose ends in their homes, their relationships, their lives. Life is a messy whirlwind.
That’s why, when people walk into or click into or otherwise approach a clean, organized, and attractive environment, they respond so well. It’s a big breath of fresh air. An escape to a reality we all dream of.
They’re much looser with their pocketbook, their time, and anything of value in such environments.
On the ugly flipside, when people walk or click into or otherwise enter a disorganized and unattractive shithole-of-a-place, they want to get right the hell out. It’s too much like most of their lives.
One big reason for Apple’s incredible success as a corporation is their cleanliness, simplicity, and attractiveness. Their phone and computer designs are clean and attractive. Their interfaces are clean and orderly. Their stores are clean, open, and attractive. You feel at ease.
So whether it’s your website, your store or restaurant, your office if clients visit, or even your own physical appearance including clothes and hair… if you want more success, make sure it’s clean, well-organized, and attractive as can be.
People don’t want more of their reality. They want better than their reality.
WATCH OUT: I’ll bet that the more disordered your life feels to you, the more money you tend to spend without previously intending to in clean, attractive, orderly environments. Like Whole Foods, auto dealerships, and Disney World. As mentioned, those intentionally pristine environments counter the raucous, messy world outside the doors, relaxing you to the point of being quite loose with your wallet. Remind yourself of this before stepping inside, enter with only a set amount of cash in your pocket or purse and NO credit cards, or prepare to be sucked into their cash-draining little Paradises.
That’s why, when people walk into or click into or otherwise approach a clean, organized, and attractive environment, they respond so well. It’s a big breath of fresh air. An escape to a reality we all dream of.
They’re much looser with their pocketbook, their time, and anything of value in such environments.
On the ugly flipside, when people walk or click into or otherwise enter a disorganized and unattractive shithole-of-a-place, they want to get right the hell out. It’s too much like most of their lives.
One big reason for Apple’s incredible success as a corporation is their cleanliness, simplicity, and attractiveness. Their phone and computer designs are clean and attractive. Their interfaces are clean and orderly. Their stores are clean, open, and attractive. You feel at ease.
So whether it’s your website, your store or restaurant, your office if clients visit, or even your own physical appearance including clothes and hair… if you want more success, make sure it’s clean, well-organized, and attractive as can be.
People don’t want more of their reality. They want better than their reality.
WATCH OUT: I’ll bet that the more disordered your life feels to you, the more money you tend to spend without previously intending to in clean, attractive, orderly environments. Like Whole Foods, auto dealerships, and Disney World. As mentioned, those intentionally pristine environments counter the raucous, messy world outside the doors, relaxing you to the point of being quite loose with your wallet. Remind yourself of this before stepping inside, enter with only a set amount of cash in your pocket or purse and NO credit cards, or prepare to be sucked into their cash-draining little Paradises.
"People don’t want more of their reality.
They want better than their reality."
- Brian Vaszily
6) After Asking a Question, Do the Dora.
Just Wait. You'll Get Juicier Details.
Just Wait. You'll Get Juicier Details.
When you ask someone a question, the typical reply is a short, quick answer.
If you seek deeper details, though, just silently wait. Don’t say anything more. Maintain eye contact. Kind of like the cartoon character Dora the Explorer does when she asks a direct question to young viewers on her TV show.
Because people will then reveal more. And if you remain silent, with interested eye contact, they will often reveal more still.
Under such circumstances, people are naturally “programmed” to do so.
This is a common tactic with law enforcement and journalists. Smart sales people, hiring managers, parents, and anyone trying to get real answers – the deeper, juicier details – will do this, too.
CHECK YOURSELF: If you’re going into a situation where it may be to your disadvantage to reveal too many details, beware this Dora tactic from others. Politely stare right back at them and stay silent, too, after you’ve answered with only what you want to reveal. It can be mighty awkward fun for a bit, but it’s ultimately the questioner who has to break and say something more, since you did, after all, answer their question.
If you seek deeper details, though, just silently wait. Don’t say anything more. Maintain eye contact. Kind of like the cartoon character Dora the Explorer does when she asks a direct question to young viewers on her TV show.
Because people will then reveal more. And if you remain silent, with interested eye contact, they will often reveal more still.
Under such circumstances, people are naturally “programmed” to do so.
This is a common tactic with law enforcement and journalists. Smart sales people, hiring managers, parents, and anyone trying to get real answers – the deeper, juicier details – will do this, too.
CHECK YOURSELF: If you’re going into a situation where it may be to your disadvantage to reveal too many details, beware this Dora tactic from others. Politely stare right back at them and stay silent, too, after you’ve answered with only what you want to reveal. It can be mighty awkward fun for a bit, but it’s ultimately the questioner who has to break and say something more, since you did, after all, answer their question.
7) To Exude That You are a Powerful and Confident Person,
Take Up Space.
Take Up Space.
You know why the hair on the back of dogs, cats, bears and other animals stands up when they feel threatened, right?
Because it makes them look bigger, which intimidates whatever creature they feel threatened by more. The more space they take up, the tougher of a fight they will likely be.
And we’re no different.
When you stand with your hands on your hips and your legs somewhat spread, for example, it sends an announcement that you are powerful, confident, and successful at what you do. The people around you don’t typically consciously think this of course; more importantly, at an instinctual level they feel it, and treat you accordingly.
On the flipside, standing with your arms folded across your chest and your legs together announces that you are insecure, not reliable at whatever you do, and easily taken advantage of. Prepare to be eaten.
Sitting with one leg over the other and your hands folded in your lap sends the message that you are meek. Leaning back in a chair with your hands clasped behind your head and elbows out – a.k.a. the “executive pose” – sends a message that you are strong.
So in situations where you want to be perceived as confident, powerful, and competent, take up space. But not offensively or stupidly and excessively so. Standing with your arms and legs outstretched as if you’re about to do a jumping jack, for example, sends the message that you are insane, and will only get you avoided.
Because it makes them look bigger, which intimidates whatever creature they feel threatened by more. The more space they take up, the tougher of a fight they will likely be.
And we’re no different.
When you stand with your hands on your hips and your legs somewhat spread, for example, it sends an announcement that you are powerful, confident, and successful at what you do. The people around you don’t typically consciously think this of course; more importantly, at an instinctual level they feel it, and treat you accordingly.
On the flipside, standing with your arms folded across your chest and your legs together announces that you are insecure, not reliable at whatever you do, and easily taken advantage of. Prepare to be eaten.
Sitting with one leg over the other and your hands folded in your lap sends the message that you are meek. Leaning back in a chair with your hands clasped behind your head and elbows out – a.k.a. the “executive pose” – sends a message that you are strong.
So in situations where you want to be perceived as confident, powerful, and competent, take up space. But not offensively or stupidly and excessively so. Standing with your arms and legs outstretched as if you’re about to do a jumping jack, for example, sends the message that you are insane, and will only get you avoided.
8) What Do You Want to be Most Known For?
Repeat It Enough and It Becomes True.
Repeat It Enough and It Becomes True.
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Oh… hello there!
Hey, do you know what Coca-Cola is?
Here’s what Coca-Cola is: heavily sugared water with some flavors added.
But that’s not what Coca-Cola is.
Coca-Cola is hope. Coca-Cola is all that’s great about America. Coca-Cola is happiness.
And people feel these sorts of super-warm-fuzzy-wuzzies about Coke because the company that makes Coke has spent eons and billions repeating, through all of its slogans and commercials and sponsorships and so forth, that that’s what it is.
“Open happiness.”
“Taste the Feeling.”
“Can’t Beat the Real Thing.”
It’s called the “availability cascade,” and in short it means that the more something is repeated, the more likely people believe it’s true.
So whether it’s your company or You, Inc., what’s the one thing you most want to be perceived as by others? That one most important differentiating factor?
Is that one thing exciting? Organized? Cutting-edge? Trustworthy? Creative?
Figure out what you want to be most known for -- or that you want your company most known for in the marketplace -- and repeat it repeat it repeat it. And oh, repeat it. Tastefully, of course.
But repeat it in your written and spoken words, in your images, in every form of communication. In people’s minds, it will become truth.
And by the way, AdvantageHacks.com is the most life-changing website ever.
Oh… hello there!
Hey, do you know what Coca-Cola is?
Here’s what Coca-Cola is: heavily sugared water with some flavors added.
But that’s not what Coca-Cola is.
Coca-Cola is hope. Coca-Cola is all that’s great about America. Coca-Cola is happiness.
And people feel these sorts of super-warm-fuzzy-wuzzies about Coke because the company that makes Coke has spent eons and billions repeating, through all of its slogans and commercials and sponsorships and so forth, that that’s what it is.
“Open happiness.”
“Taste the Feeling.”
“Can’t Beat the Real Thing.”
It’s called the “availability cascade,” and in short it means that the more something is repeated, the more likely people believe it’s true.
So whether it’s your company or You, Inc., what’s the one thing you most want to be perceived as by others? That one most important differentiating factor?
Is that one thing exciting? Organized? Cutting-edge? Trustworthy? Creative?
Figure out what you want to be most known for -- or that you want your company most known for in the marketplace -- and repeat it repeat it repeat it. And oh, repeat it. Tastefully, of course.
But repeat it in your written and spoken words, in your images, in every form of communication. In people’s minds, it will become truth.
And by the way, AdvantageHacks.com is the most life-changing website ever.
9) Nod Your Head Up and Down to
Succeed at Getting Buy-in from Others.
Succeed at Getting Buy-in from Others.
First point: humans unconsciously and excessively mimic one another’s gestures in conversation.
Second point: everyone knows our thoughts influence our gestures, but most don’t realize how strongly our gestures can influence our thoughts.
So when you nod your head up and down (the "Yes" gesture) while trying to “sell” an important point you want others to agree with, they will often unconsciously nod too.
This sends triggers to their brain that they agree with whatever you are saying. It improves the chances, in other words, that they will agree and do whatever it is you are trying to sell them on doing.
Whammo.
And yes, this can work with other gestures too. If you are giving a speech, for example, and you want people to remember and agree with a point you just made, you can give the thumbs up sign and say, "Can I get a thumbs up on that!"
Most in the audience will give you the thumbs up -- and be more inclined to both remember and agree with your point.
Second point: everyone knows our thoughts influence our gestures, but most don’t realize how strongly our gestures can influence our thoughts.
So when you nod your head up and down (the "Yes" gesture) while trying to “sell” an important point you want others to agree with, they will often unconsciously nod too.
This sends triggers to their brain that they agree with whatever you are saying. It improves the chances, in other words, that they will agree and do whatever it is you are trying to sell them on doing.
Whammo.
And yes, this can work with other gestures too. If you are giving a speech, for example, and you want people to remember and agree with a point you just made, you can give the thumbs up sign and say, "Can I get a thumbs up on that!"
Most in the audience will give you the thumbs up -- and be more inclined to both remember and agree with your point.
10) Start with a POW,
End with a BANG.
End with a BANG.
Have you ever seen a band in concert that had only one hit song? Occasionally they’ll start their set with that hit song. Rarely will they play it in the middle. Usually they’ll play it at or near the end.
That’s because of the Serial Positioning Effect: people’s impressions of you (and your band, or company, novel, commercial, presentation film, etc.) are heavily skewed toward the emotional impact of the first and last things you do, say, show, or play.
That’s no excuse for stuffing the middle of your book, commercial, concert, food menu, speech or whatever with mediocrity, of course. With so much stuff competing for people’s short attention spans, you don’t want to give them any reason to leave you. These days they almost never come back.
However, you’ll especially want to start off strong, in order to grab and hold people, and shut the million other things they could be doing out of their brains.
And you’ll especially want to finish even stronger, because the emotion you leave them with is typically the emotion they associate with you. Make them remember you and want to come back for more, more, more. Bang.
That’s because of the Serial Positioning Effect: people’s impressions of you (and your band, or company, novel, commercial, presentation film, etc.) are heavily skewed toward the emotional impact of the first and last things you do, say, show, or play.
That’s no excuse for stuffing the middle of your book, commercial, concert, food menu, speech or whatever with mediocrity, of course. With so much stuff competing for people’s short attention spans, you don’t want to give them any reason to leave you. These days they almost never come back.
However, you’ll especially want to start off strong, in order to grab and hold people, and shut the million other things they could be doing out of their brains.
And you’ll especially want to finish even stronger, because the emotion you leave them with is typically the emotion they associate with you. Make them remember you and want to come back for more, more, more. Bang.
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