I recently had the opportunity to watch, up close, a supurb salesman at work in a donation generating setting. He approached people with open and friendly body language, engaged them by looking them in the eyes, held them captive with his message, and before they knew it they were enveloped in his mission, doing the opposite of what they intended when they first laid eyes on him. But not only that, and this is the real kicker for me, they were happy about doing it. It is a true gift to be able to make people feel good about themselves for doing something they had no intention of doing three minutes earlier. It definitely is not a skill I have been blessed with, and frankly, I don't think I would want it. That kind of power over other people is frightening, and I don't think it would be good for me.
