Here's a way to be more
influential in less than one minute. Did you know that a simple comment
like having a problem with parking or being late to a meeting can effect your
physiology? Negative thoughts, attitudes and conversation obviously have
an impact on others around you and your ability to be influential. But, it can also be physically measured in less than one (1) minute and
accumulate in your body, which effects your physiology, just like bad eating can
build fat. The long-term impact on your own body’s physiology is
incredibly damaging, but fortunately can be changed.
Put on a blood pressure
and heart monitor and talk about a "passionate" subject like
politics, or complain about something simple or frustrating like traffic and
watch how the monitors respond. Even if you feel that you're being calm when making
the negative comment, you'll be amazed at how the simplest comment will cause
your body to increase your blood pressure or adrenalin. This
physiological response continuously builds, similar to going to the gym and
regularly lifting weights, or going to class and practicing a new
technique. It's accumulative, just like a bad diet can build fat.
-Ken Sergi
